diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index a8ff6d1..2422212 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+* adding Xapit::Config#reload_database method
+
 *0.2.1* (June 15th, 2009)
 
 * including Xapit::Membership into ActiveRecord when using gem
diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index 0f31d8c..69b32a5 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ You may want to trigger this via a cron job on a recurring schedule (i.e. every
 
 There are two projects in development to help improve this reindexing.
 
-http://github.com/ryanb/xapit-sync/tree/master
-http://github.com/ryanb/xapit-server/tree/master
+* http://github.com/ryanb/xapit-sync/tree/master
+* http://github.com/ryanb/xapit-server/tree/master
 
 
 == Search
diff --git a/lib/xapit/config.rb b/lib/xapit/config.rb
index 54bc46b..4ca935d 100644
--- a/lib/xapit/config.rb
+++ b/lib/xapit/config.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ def writable_database
       # Removes the configured database file and clears the stored one in memory.
       def remove_database # this can be a bit dangers, maybe do some checking here first?
         FileUtils.rm_rf(path) if File.exist? path
+        reload_database
+      end
+      
+      # Clear the current database from memory to fetch it again (upon request).
+      # Note: It is best to only use this on a readable database.
+      def reload_database
         @database = nil
         @writable_database = nil
       end