diff --git a/app/controllers/entryController.php b/app/controllers/entryController.php
index 8e2b215d5..1ba9cc3cd 100755
--- a/app/controllers/entryController.php
+++ b/app/controllers/entryController.php
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ class entryController extends ActionController {
 		$entryDAO = new EntryDAO();
 		$entryDAO->optimizeTable();
 
+		touch(PUBLIC_PATH . '/data/touch.txt');
+
 		$notif = array (
 			'type' => 'good',
 			'content' => Translate::t ('optimization_complete')