diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/History/HistoryManager.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/History/HistoryManager.coffee
index 800585c0bf..0a45029b9b 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/History/HistoryManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/History/HistoryManager.coffee
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ module.exports = HistoryManager =
 				error = new Error("project-history returned a non-success status code: #{res.statusCode}")
 				callback error
 
+	resyncProject: (project_id, callback = (error) ->) ->
+		request.post {
+			url: "#{settings.apis.project_history.url}/project/#{project_id}/resync"
+		}, (error, res, body)->
+			return callback(error) if error?
+			if res.statusCode >= 200 and res.statusCode < 300
+				callback()
+			else
+				error = new Error("project-history returned a non-success status code: #{res.statusCode}")
+				callback error
+
 	injectUserDetails: (data, callback = (error, data_with_users) ->) ->
 		# data can be either:
 		# {
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/mongojs.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/mongojs.coffee
index 6e9432d339..4bf6a2b970 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/mongojs.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/mongojs.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Settings = require "settings-sharelatex"
 mongojs = require "mongojs"
-db = mongojs(Settings.mongo.url, ["projects", "users", "userstubs", "tokens", "docSnapshots"])
+db = mongojs(Settings.mongo.url, ["projects", "users", "userstubs", "tokens", "docSnapshots", "projectHistoryFailures"])
 module.exports =
 	db: db
 	ObjectId: mongojs.ObjectId