diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/RateLimiter.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/RateLimiter.coffee
index cd0df4c43e..7c84fc9db7 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/RateLimiter.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/RateLimiter.coffee
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ module.exports =
 		ratelimit = redback.createRateLimit(opts.endpointName)
 		ratelimit.addCount opts.subjectName, opts.timeInterval, (err, callCount)->
 			shouldProcess = callCount < opts.throttle
-			callback(err, shouldProcess)
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+			callback(err, shouldProcess)
+			
+	clearRateLimit: (endpointName, subject, callback) ->
+		rclient.del "#{endpointName}:#{subject}", callback
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diff --git a/services/web/test/smoke/coffee/SmokeTests.coffee b/services/web/test/smoke/coffee/SmokeTests.coffee
index c2fce1b2d0..a882db1998 100644
--- a/services/web/test/smoke/coffee/SmokeTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/smoke/coffee/SmokeTests.coffee
@@ -14,31 +14,32 @@ describe "Opening", ->
 
 	before (done) ->
 		require("../../../app/js/Features/Security/LoginRateLimiter.js").recordSuccessfulLogin Settings.smokeTest.user, ->
-			command =  """
-				curl -H  "X-Forwarded-Proto: https" -c #{cookeFilePath} #{buildUrl('register')}
-			"""
-			child.exec command, (err, stdout, stderr)->
-				if err? then done(err)
-				csrfMatches = stdout.match("<input name=\"_csrf\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"(.*?)\">")
-				if !csrfMatches?
-					logger.err stdout:stdout, "smoke test: does not have csrf token"
-					return done("smoke test: does not have csrf token")
-				csrf = csrfMatches[1]
+			require("../../../app/js/infrastructure/RateLimiter.js").clearRateLimit "open-project", "#{Settings.smokeTest.projectId}:#{Settings.smokeTest.userId}", ->
+				command =  """
+					curl -H  "X-Forwarded-Proto: https" -c #{cookeFilePath} #{buildUrl('register')}
+				"""
+				child.exec command, (err, stdout, stderr)->
+					if err? then done(err)
+					csrfMatches = stdout.match("<input name=\"_csrf\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"(.*?)\">")
+					if !csrfMatches?
+						logger.err stdout:stdout, "smoke test: does not have csrf token"
+						return done("smoke test: does not have csrf token")
+					csrf = csrfMatches[1]
 
-				# Change cookie to be non secure so curl will send it
-				fs = require("fs")
-				fs.readFile cookeFilePath, "utf8", (err, data) ->
-					return done(err) if err
-					firstTrue = data.indexOf("TRUE")
-					secondTrue = data.indexOf("TRUE", firstTrue+4)
-					result = data.slice(0, secondTrue)+"FALSE"+data.slice(secondTrue+4)
-					fs.writeFile cookeFilePath, result, "utf8", (err) ->
+					# Change cookie to be non secure so curl will send it
+					fs = require("fs")
+					fs.readFile cookeFilePath, "utf8", (err, data) ->
 						return done(err) if err
+						firstTrue = data.indexOf("TRUE")
+						secondTrue = data.indexOf("TRUE", firstTrue+4)
+						result = data.slice(0, secondTrue)+"FALSE"+data.slice(secondTrue+4)
+						fs.writeFile cookeFilePath, result, "utf8", (err) ->
+							return done(err) if err
 
-						command = """
-							curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "X-Forwarded-Proto: https" -d '{"_csrf":"#{csrf}", "email":"#{Settings.smokeTest.user}", "password":"#{Settings.smokeTest.password}"}' #{buildUrl('register')}
-						"""
-						child.exec command, done
+							command = """
+								curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "X-Forwarded-Proto: https" -d '{"_csrf":"#{csrf}", "email":"#{Settings.smokeTest.user}", "password":"#{Settings.smokeTest.password}"}' #{buildUrl('register')}
+							"""
+							child.exec command, done
 
 	after (done)-> 
 		command =  """