diff --git a/full/Changes b/full/Changes
index 1a147fc..7703da9 100644
--- a/full/Changes
+++ b/full/Changes
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 28/02/2019
    - Removed old VC controllers and updated tests (margaretha, issue #34)
    - Updated VC access controllers (margaretha)
+19/03/2019
+  - Added close index controller (margaretha)
+
 
 # version 0.61.6
 04/02/2019
diff --git a/full/pom.xml b/full/pom.xml
index 0cf2ec3..f8bf49b 100644
--- a/full/pom.xml
+++ b/full/pom.xml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>de.ids_mannheim.korap</groupId>
 			<artifactId>Kustvakt-core</artifactId>
-			<version>[0.61.6,)</version>
+			<version>[0.62,)</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- LDAP -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/FullConfiguration.java b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/FullConfiguration.java
index 0b46164..8590db1 100644
--- a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/FullConfiguration.java
+++ b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/FullConfiguration.java
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@
     public FullConfiguration (Properties properties) throws Exception {
         super(properties);
     }
+    
+    public FullConfiguration () {
+        super();
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void load (Properties properties) throws Exception {
diff --git a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/server/KustvaktServer.java b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/server/KustvaktServer.java
index 9b2f8ee..b3a3a6e 100644
--- a/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/server/KustvaktServer.java
+++ b/full/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/server/KustvaktServer.java
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
         properties.load(in);
         in.close();
         
-        config = new FullConfiguration(properties);
+        config = new FullConfiguration();
+        config.loadBasicProperties(properties);
 
 		if (kargs == null)
 			System.exit(0);
diff --git a/full/src/main/resources/kustvakt.conf b/full/src/main/resources/kustvakt.conf
index 2a5a045..7c8ec4c 100644
--- a/full/src/main/resources/kustvakt.conf
+++ b/full/src/main/resources/kustvakt.conf
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
 security.validation.stringLength = 150
 security.validation.emailLength = 50
 security.sharedSecret=this-is-shared-secret-code-for-JWT-Signing.It-must-contains-minimum-256-bits
-security.adminToken=adminToken
 
 ## applicable: rewrite, foundry, filter, deny
 security.rewrite.strategies=filter, foundry, rewrite
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/SpringJerseyTest.java b/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/SpringJerseyTest.java
index 60fb14a..b9ed11b 100644
--- a/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/SpringJerseyTest.java
+++ b/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/config/SpringJerseyTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 @ContextConfiguration("classpath:test-config.xml")
 public abstract class SpringJerseyTest extends JerseyTest {
 
-    public final static String API_VERSION = "v1.1";
+    public final static String API_VERSION = "v1.0";
 
     @Autowired
     protected GenericApplicationContext applicationContext;
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@
         return new WebAppDescriptor.Builder(classPackages)
                 .servletClass(SpringServlet.class)
                 .contextListenerClass(StaticContextLoaderListener.class)
-                // .contextListenerClass(ContextLoaderListener.class)
-                // .contextParam("contextConfigLocation",
-                // "classpath:test-config.xml")
+                .contextParam("adminToken", "secret")
                 .build();
     }
 
diff --git a/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/SearchControllerTest.java b/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/SearchControllerTest.java
index 0a62f9d..7e118d1 100644
--- a/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/SearchControllerTest.java
+++ b/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/SearchControllerTest.java
@@ -6,14 +6,20 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
-import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.google.common.net.HttpHeaders;
 import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientResponse;
+import com.sun.jersey.core.util.MultivaluedMapImpl;
 
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.authentication.http.HttpAuthorizationHandler;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.config.Attributes;
@@ -21,14 +27,17 @@
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.exceptions.KustvaktException;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.query.serialize.QuerySerializer;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.utils.JsonUtils;
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.web.SearchKrill;
 
 /**
  * @author hanl, margaretha
- * @lastUpdate 18/02/2019
+ * @lastUpdate 18/03/2019
  *
  */
 public class SearchControllerTest extends SpringJerseyTest {
 
+    @Autowired
+    private SearchKrill searchKrill;
     
     private JsonNode requestSearchWithFields(String fields) throws KustvaktException{
         ClientResponse response = resource().path(API_VERSION).path("search")
@@ -333,5 +342,21 @@
         assertNotEquals(0, node.path("matches").size());
         // assertEquals(10993, node.at("/meta/totalResults").asInt());
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testCloseIndex () throws IOException {
+        searchKrill.getStatistics(null);
+        assertEquals(true, searchKrill.getIndex().isReaderOpen());
+
+        MultivaluedMap<String, String> m = new MultivaluedMapImpl();
+        m.add("token", "secret");
+
+        ClientResponse response = resource().path(API_VERSION).path("index")
+                .path("close").type(MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED)
+                .post(ClientResponse.class, m);
+
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.SC_OK, response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(false, searchKrill.getIndex().isReaderOpen());
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/full/src/test/resources/kustvakt-test.conf b/full/src/test/resources/kustvakt-test.conf
index a4f8467..066377c 100644
--- a/full/src/test/resources/kustvakt-test.conf
+++ b/full/src/test/resources/kustvakt-test.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 # Kustvakt
 # multiple versions separated by space
-current.api.version = v1.1
+current.api.version = v1.0
 supported.api.version = v0.1 v1.0
 
 ## server