diff --git a/common.php b/common.php
index de6e7d0..5fc9893 100644
--- a/common.php
+++ b/common.php
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ require 'vendor/PicoDb/Table.php';
 require 'schema.php';
 require 'model.php';
 
+
 const DB_VERSION    = 6;
 const APP_VERSION   = 'master';
 const APP_USERAGENT = 'Miniflux - http://miniflux.net';
 const HTTP_TIMEOUT  = 5;
 const LIMIT_ALL     = -1;
 
+
 function get_db_filename()
 {
     return 'data/db.sqlite';
@@ -27,12 +29,13 @@ PicoTools\container('db', function() {
         'driver' => 'sqlite',
         'filename' => get_db_filename()
     ));
+
     if ($db->schema()->check(DB_VERSION)) {
 
         return $db;
     }
     else {
+
         die('Unable to migrate database schema.');
     }
-});
-
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 0e904a9..23259a8 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Router\post_action('login', function() {
 
 
 Router\get_action('show', function() {
+
     $id = Request\param('id');
 
     Response\html(Template\layout('read_item', array(
@@ -169,10 +170,8 @@ Router\post_action('change-item-status', function() {
 
 
 Router\get_action('history', function() {
-	// start auto purge if correctly set in preferences
-	Model\flush_read();
-    
-	Response\html(Template\layout('history', array(
+
+    Response\html(Template\layout('history', array(
         'items' => Model\get_read_items(),
         'menu' => 'history'
     )));
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ Router\get_action('confirm-flush-history', function() {
 
 Router\get_action('flush-history', function() {
 
-    Model\flush_read();
+    Model\mark_as_removed();
     Response\redirect('?action=history');
 });
 
@@ -354,6 +353,7 @@ Router\get_action('config', function() {
         'values' => Model\get_config(),
         'db_size' => filesize(get_db_filename()),
         'languages' => Model\get_languages(),
+        'autoflush_options' => Model\get_autoflush_options(),
         'menu' => 'config'
     )));
 });
@@ -383,16 +383,17 @@ Router\post_action('config', function() {
         'values' => $values,
         'db_size' => filesize(get_db_filename()),
         'languages' => Model\get_languages(),
+        'autoflush_options' => Model\get_autoflush_options(),
         'menu' => 'config'
     )));
 });
 
 
 Router\notfound(function() {
-    // start auto purge if correctly set in preferences
-    Model\flush_read();    
 
-	$items = Model\get_unread_items();
+    Model\autoflush();
+
+    $items = Model\get_unread_items();
 
     if (empty($items)) {
 
@@ -403,4 +404,4 @@ Router\notfound(function() {
         'items' => $items,
         'menu' => 'unread'
     )));
-});
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/locales/fr_FR/translations.php b/locales/fr_FR/translations.php
index c6807df..e87df66 100644
--- a/locales/fr_FR/translations.php
+++ b/locales/fr_FR/translations.php
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <?php
 
 return array(
+    'Remove automatically read items' => 'Supprimer automatiquement les éléments lus',
+    'Never' => 'Jamais',
+    'After %d day' => 'Après %d jour',
+    'After %d days' => 'Après %d jours',
     'French' => 'Français',
     'English' => 'Anglais',
     'unread' => 'non lus',
@@ -14,7 +18,6 @@ return array(
     'Password' => 'Mot de passe',
     'Confirmation' => 'Confirmation',
     'Language' => 'Langue',
-	'History : number of days to store (-1 disable auto flush)' => 'Historique : nombre de jours à conserver (-1 désactive la purge auto)',
     'Update' => 'Mettre à jour',
     'More informations' => 'Plus d\'informations',
     'Database' => 'Base de données',
@@ -85,4 +88,4 @@ return array(
     'Do you really want to remove this subscription: "%s"?' => 'Voulez-vous vraiment supprimer cet abonnement : "%s" ?',
     'Nothing to read, do you want to <a href="?action=refresh-all" data-action="refresh-all">update your subscriptions?</a>' =>
     'Il n\'y a rien à lire, voulez-vous <a href="?action=refresh-all" data-action="refresh-all">mettre à jour vos abonnements ?</a>'
-);
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/model.php b/model.php
index cb2a129..7c374f3 100644
--- a/model.php
+++ b/model.php
@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ function get_languages()
 }
 
 
+function get_autoflush_options()
+{
+    return array(
+        '0' => t('Never'),
+        '1' => t('After %d day', 1),
+        '5' => t('After %d days', 5),
+        '15' => t('After %d days', 15),
+        '30' => t('After %d days', 30)
+    );
+}
+
+
 function export_feeds()
 {
     $opml = new Export(get_feeds());
@@ -258,7 +270,7 @@ function get_item($id)
         ->eq('id', $id)
         ->findOne();
 }
- 
+
 
 function get_nav_item($item)
 {
@@ -356,33 +368,27 @@ function mark_as_read()
 }
 
 
-function flush_unread()
+function mark_as_removed()
 {
     \PicoTools\singleton('db')
         ->table('items')
-        ->eq('status', 'unread')
+        ->eq('status', 'read')
         ->save(array('status' => 'removed'));
 }
 
 
-function flush_read() {
+function autoflush()
+{
+    $autoflush = \PicoTools\singleton('db')->table('config')->findOneColumn('autoflush');
 
-	$max_days = \PicoTools\singleton('db')
-        ->table('config')
-        ->columns('max_days')
-        ->findOne();
-    $max_days=$max_days['max_days'];
-	
-	$max_age = 0;
-    if ($max_days != -1 ){
-		$max_age = time()- ($max_days*86400); //86400 = 1 day
-	}
+    if ($autoflush) {
 
-    \PicoTools\singleton('db')
-        ->table('items')
-        ->eq('status', 'read')
-		->lt('updated',$max_age)
-        ->save(array('status' => 'removed'));
+        \PicoTools\singleton('db')
+            ->table('items')
+            ->eq('status', 'read')
+            ->lt('updated', strtotime('-'.$autoflush.'day'))
+            ->save(array('status' => 'removed'));
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -438,7 +444,7 @@ function get_config()
 {
     return \PicoTools\singleton('db')
         ->table('config')
-        ->columns('username', 'language','max_days')
+        ->columns('username', 'language', 'autoflush')
         ->findOne();
 }
 
@@ -447,7 +453,7 @@ function get_user()
 {
     return \PicoTools\singleton('db')
         ->table('config')
-        ->columns('username', 'password', 'language','max_days')
+        ->columns('username', 'password', 'language')
         ->findOne();
 }
 
@@ -497,8 +503,7 @@ function validate_config_update(array $values)
             new Validators\MinLength('password', t('The minimum length is 6 characters'), 6),
             new Validators\Required('confirmation', t('The confirmation is required')),
             new Validators\Equals('password', 'confirmation', t('Passwords doesn\'t match')),
- 			new Validators\Required('max_days', t('The number of days to keep read item is required'))
-
+            new Validators\Required('autoflush', t('Value required'))
         ));
     }
     else {
diff --git a/schema.php b/schema.php
index 4ba1083..3ec5beb 100644
--- a/schema.php
+++ b/schema.php
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace Schema;
 
+
 function version_6($pdo)
 {
-    $pdo->exec('ALTER TABLE config ADD COLUMN max_days INTEGER DEFAULT -1');
+    $pdo->exec('ALTER TABLE config ADD COLUMN autoflush INTEGER DEFAULT 0');
 }
 
 
@@ -71,4 +72,3 @@ function version_1($pdo)
         )
     ');
 }
-
diff --git a/templates/config.php b/templates/config.php
index 5699d69..bf4f710 100644
--- a/templates/config.php
+++ b/templates/config.php
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
     <?= Helper\form_label(t('Language'), 'language') ?>
     <?= Helper\form_select('language', $languages, $values, $errors) ?><br/>
 
-    <?= Helper\form_label(t('History : number of days to store (-1 disable auto flush)'), 'max_days') ?>
-    <?= Helper\form_text('max_days', $values, $errors) ?><br/>
+    <?= Helper\form_label(t('Remove automatically read items'), 'autoflush') ?>
+    <?= Helper\form_select('autoflush', $autoflush_options, $values, $errors) ?><br/>
 
     <div class="form-actions">
         <input type="submit" value="<?= t('Update') ?>" class="btn btn-blue"/>