diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Editor/EditorController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Editor/EditorController.coffee
index fce0e68365..c3cf4b6ac0 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Editor/EditorController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Editor/EditorController.coffee
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ AuthorizationManager = require("../Security/AuthorizationManager")
 AutomaticSnapshotManager = require("../Versioning/AutomaticSnapshotManager")
 VersioningApiHandler = require("../Versioning/VersioningApiHandler")
 EditorRealTimeController = require("./EditorRealTimeController")
+TrackChangesManager = require("../TrackChanges/TrackChangesManager")
 settings = require('settings-sharelatex')
 slReqIdHelper = require('soa-req-id')
 tpdsPollingBackgroundTasks = require('../ThirdPartyDataStore/TpdsPollingBackgroundTasks')
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ module.exports = EditorController =
 			logger.log project_id: project_id, connectedCount: peopleStillInProject, "flushing if empty"
 			if peopleStillInProject == 0
 				DocumentUpdaterHandler.flushProjectToMongoAndDelete(project_id)
+				TrackChangesManager.flushProject(project_id)
 			callback()
 			), 500
 		
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/TrackChanges/TrackChangesManager.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/TrackChanges/TrackChangesManager.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49fa956cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/TrackChanges/TrackChangesManager.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+settings = require "settings-sharelatex"
+request = require "request"
+logger = require "logger-sharelatex"
+
+module.exports = TrackChangesManager =
+	flushProject: (project_id, callback = (error) ->) ->
+		logger.log project_id: project_id, "flushing project in track-changes api"
+		url = "#{settings.apis.trackchanges.url}/project/#{project_id}/flush"
+		request.post url, (error, res, body) ->
+			return callback(error) if error?
+			if 200 <= res.statusCode < 300
+				callback(null)
+			else
+				error = new Error("track-changes api responded with non-success code: #{res.statusCode}")
+				logger.error err: error, project_id: project_id, "error flushing project in track-changes api"
+				callback(error)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Editor/EditorControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Editor/EditorControllerTests.coffee
index 3a0eb1120b..933c5bae3b 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Editor/EditorControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Editor/EditorControllerTests.coffee
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ describe "EditorController", ->
 			'../ThirdPartyDataStore/TpdsPollingBackgroundTasks':@TpdsPollingBackgroundTasks
 			'./EditorRealTimeController':@EditorRealTimeController = {}
 			"../../infrastructure/Metrics": @Metrics = { inc: sinon.stub() }
+			"../TrackChanges/TrackChangesManager": @TrackChangesManager = {}
 			'redis':createClient:-> auth:->
 			"logger-sharelatex": @logger =
 				log: sinon.stub()
@@ -219,20 +220,24 @@ describe "EditorController", ->
 				.should.equal true
 
 	describe "flushProjectIfEmpty", ->
+		beforeEach ->	
+			@DocumentUpdaterHandler.flushProjectToMongoAndDelete = sinon.stub()
+			@TrackChangesManager.flushProject = sinon.stub()
+
 		describe "when a project has no more users", ->
 			it "should do the flush after the config set timeout to ensure that a reconect didn't just happen", (done)->
 				@rooms[@project_id] = []
-				@DocumentUpdaterHandler.flushProjectToMongoAndDelete = sinon.stub()
 				@EditorController.flushProjectIfEmpty @project_id, =>
 					@DocumentUpdaterHandler.flushProjectToMongoAndDelete.calledWith(@project_id).should.equal(true)
+					@TrackChangesManager.flushProject.calledWith(@project_id).should.equal true
 					done()
 
 		describe "when a project still has connected users", ->
 			it "should not flush the project", (done)->
 				@rooms[@project_id] = ["socket-id-1", "socket-id-2"]
-				@DocumentUpdaterHandler.flushProjectToMongoAndDelete = sinon.stub()
 				@EditorController.flushProjectIfEmpty @project_id, =>
 					@DocumentUpdaterHandler.flushProjectToMongoAndDelete.calledWith(@project_id).should.equal(false)
+					@TrackChangesManager.flushProject.calledWith(@project_id).should.equal false
 					done()
 
 	describe "updateClientPosition", ->
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/TrackChanges/TrackChangesManagerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/TrackChanges/TrackChangesManagerTests.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dad07e48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/TrackChanges/TrackChangesManagerTests.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+chai = require('chai')
+chai.should()
+sinon = require("sinon")
+modulePath = "../../../../app/js/Features/TrackChanges/TrackChangesManager"
+SandboxedModule = require('sandboxed-module')
+
+describe "TrackChangesManager", ->
+	beforeEach ->
+		@TrackChangesManager = SandboxedModule.require modulePath, requires:
+			"request" : @request = sinon.stub()
+			"settings-sharelatex": @settings =
+				apis:
+					trackchanges:
+						url: "trackchanges.sharelatex.com"
+			"logger-sharelatex": @logger = {log: sinon.stub(), error: sinon.stub()}
+		@project_id = "project-id-123"
+		@callback = sinon.stub()
+
+	describe "flushProject", ->
+		describe "with a successful response code", ->
+			beforeEach ->
+				@request.post = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, statusCode: 204, "")
+				@TrackChangesManager.flushProject @project_id, @callback
+
+			it "should flush the project in the track changes api", ->
+				@request.post
+					.calledWith("#{@settings.apis.trackchanges.url}/project/#{@project_id}/flush")
+					.should.equal true
+
+			it "should call the callback without an error", ->
+				@callback.calledWith(null).should.equal true
+
+		describe "with a failed response code", ->
+			beforeEach ->
+				@request.post = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, statusCode: 500, "")
+				@TrackChangesManager.flushProject @project_id, @callback
+
+			it "should call the callback with an error", ->
+				@callback.calledWith(new Error("track-changes api responded with a non-success code: 500")).should.equal true
+
+			it "should log the error", ->
+				@logger.error
+					.calledWith({
+						err: new Error("track-changes api responded with a non-success code: 500")
+						project_id: @project_id
+					}, "error flushing project in track-changes api")
+					.should.equal true
+