diff --git a/src/helpers/web/WebPanelServer.cpp b/src/helpers/web/WebPanelServer.cpp
index 130c3031..26d5bd19 100644
--- a/src/helpers/web/WebPanelServer.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/web/WebPanelServer.cpp
@@ -2617,6 +2617,7 @@ bool WebPanelServer::start() {
   redirect_config.backlog_conn = 0;
   redirect_config.recv_wait_timeout = 10;
   redirect_config.send_wait_timeout = 10;
+  redirect_config.httpd.lru_purge_enable = true;
   redirect_config.stack_size = kWebServerStackSize;
   redirect_config.task_priority = tskIDLE_PRIORITY + 2;
   redirect_config.core_id = 0;
@@ -2697,6 +2698,7 @@ esp_err_t WebPanelServer::handleHttpRedirect(httpd_req_t* req) {
   httpd_resp_set_status(req, "302 Found");
   httpd_resp_set_hdr(req, "Location", location);
   httpd_resp_set_hdr(req, "Cache-Control", "no-store");
+  httpd_resp_set_hdr(req, "Connection", "close");
   return httpd_resp_send(req, "", 0);
 }