diff --git a/app/dialplans/dialplan_detail_delete.php b/app/dialplans/dialplan_detail_delete.php
index 54ca044921..490895833b 100644
--- a/app/dialplans/dialplan_detail_delete.php
+++ b/app/dialplans/dialplan_detail_delete.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	}
 
 //delete the dialplan detail
-	if (strlen($dialplan_detail_uuid) > 0) {
+	if (is_uuid($dialplan_detail_uuid)) {
 		//delete child data
 			$sql = "delete from v_dialplan_details ";
 			//$sql .= "where domain_uuid = '".$_SESSION['domain_uuid']."' ";
@@ -65,12 +65,9 @@
 		//synchronize the xml config
 			save_dialplan_xml();
 
-		//delete the dialplan context from memcache
-			$fp = event_socket_create($_SESSION['event_socket_ip_address'], $_SESSION['event_socket_port'], $_SESSION['event_socket_password']);
-			if ($fp) {
-				$switch_cmd = "memcache delete dialplan:".$_SESSION["context"];
-				$switch_result = event_socket_request($fp, 'api '.$switch_cmd);
-			}
+		//clear the cache
+			$cache = new cache;
+			$cache->delete("dialplan:".$_SESSION["context"]);
 
 		//update the dialplan xml
 			$dialplans = new dialplan;