diff --git a/cmd/cmd_debug.go b/cmd/cmd_debug.go
index 866e281..3946588 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_debug.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd_debug.go
@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/noerw/osem_notify/utils"
 )
 
+var (
+	clearCache bool
+)
+
 func init() {
 	debugCmd.AddCommand(debugNotificationsCmd)
+	debugCacheCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&clearCache, "clear", "", false, "reset the notifications cache")
+	debugCmd.AddCommand(debugCacheCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(debugCmd)
 }
 
@@ -32,13 +38,28 @@ var debugCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+var debugCacheCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "cache",
+	Short: "Print or clear the notifications cache",
+	Long:  "osem_notify debug cache prints the contents of the notifications cache",
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		if clearCache {
+			return core.ClearCache()
+		}
+		core.PrintCache()
+		return nil
+	},
+}
+
+
 var debugNotificationsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "notifications",
 	Short: "Verify that notifications are working",
-	Long:  "osem_notify debug <feature> tests the functionality of the given feature",
+	Long:  `osem_notify debug notifications sends a test notification according
+to healthchecks.default.notifications.options as defined in the config file`,
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		defaultNotifyConf := &core.NotifyConfig{}
-		err := viper.UnmarshalKey("defaultHealthchecks", defaultNotifyConf)
+		err := viper.UnmarshalKey("healthchecks.default", defaultNotifyConf)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/cmd_root.go b/cmd/cmd_root.go
index 7113cf2..c3549b5 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_root.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd_root.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var configHelpCmd = &cobra.Command{
 					target: "all"
 					threshold: ""
 
-		# override default health checks per box
+		# set health checks per box
 		593bcd656ccf3b0011791f5a:
 			notifications:
 				options:
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&api, "api", "a", "https://api.opensensemap.org", "openSenseMap API to query against")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&logFormat, "logformat", "l", "plain", "log format, can be plain or json")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&debug, "debug", "d", false, "enable verbose logging")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&shouldNotify, "notify", "n", "", `if set, will send out notifications for the specified type of check result,
-Otherwise results are printed to stdout only.
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&shouldNotify, "notify", "n", "", `If set, will send out notifications for the specified type of check result,
+otherwise results are printed to stdout only.
 Allowed values are "all", "error", "ok".
 You might want to run 'osem_notify debug notifications' first to verify everything works.
 
-Notifications for failing checks are sent only once,
-and then cached until the issue got resolved.
-To clear the cache, delete the file ~/.osem_notify_cache.yaml.
+Notifications for failing checks are sent only once, and then cached until the issue got
+resolved, unless --no-cache is set.
+To clear the cache, run 'osem_notify debug cache --clear'.
 `)
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&noCache, "no-cache", "", false, "send all notifications, ignoring results from previous runs. also don't update the cache.")
 
diff --git a/core/cache.go b/core/cache.go
index 92eafc7..877d6f3 100644
--- a/core/cache.go
+++ b/core/cache.go
@@ -60,3 +60,18 @@ func updateCache(box *Box, results []CheckResult) error {
 	}
 	return cache.WriteConfig()
 }
+
+func ClearCache() error {
+	fileName := utils.GetConfigFile("osem_notify_cache")
+	_, err := os.Stat(fileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return os.Remove(fileName)
+}
+
+func PrintCache() {
+	for key, val := range cache.AllSettings() {
+		log.Infof("%20s: %v", key, val)
+	}
+}