diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/map/CustomMap.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/map/CustomMap.js
index f4a27abf992fb7239474904a6901816f96fa034d..322dee81b14a7b31aa6149c17cdc94b888e00027 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/map/CustomMap.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/map/CustomMap.js
@@ -288,26 +288,6 @@ CustomMap.prototype.createMapMenu = function() {
     })();
     this.divBelt.appendChild(submenuButtonDiv2);
   }
-
-  var rightHeaderMenu = document.createElement('div');
-  rightHeaderMenu.className = "rightHeaderMenu";
-
-  var submenuButtonDiv = document.createElement('button');
-  submenuButtonDiv.id = "clear_button";
-  submenuButtonDiv.className = "overview_button";
-  submenuButtonDiv.innerHTML = "<i class='fa fa-times' style='font-size:18px; font-weight:300; padding-right:10px;'></i> CLEAR";
-  submenuButtonDiv.title = "Clear all queries";
-  submenuButtonDiv.style.display = 'inline';
-  submenuButtonDiv.onclick = (function() {
-    return function() {
-      selfMap.clearData();
-      return false;
-    };
-  })();
-  rightHeaderMenu.appendChild(submenuButtonDiv);
-
-  this.divBelt.appendChild(rightHeaderMenu);
-  
 };
 
 CustomMap.prototype.registerSource = function(overlayCollection) {
diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
index f3efdc5199b29b3fb1f2907f0b9de08ff0f13875..1c463a5d8d36e36edf7177d0e2edf707943fcaad 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
@@ -283,7 +283,16 @@ function create(params) {
           return false;
         };
       })();
+
+      var clearButton = document.getElementsByName("clearButton")[0];
+      clearButton.onclick = (function() {
+        return function() {
+          result.clearData();
+          return false;
+        };
+      })();
       
+
       if (ServerConnector.getSessionData().getShowComments()) {
         result.getControl(ControlType.COMMENT_CHECKBOX).checked=true;
         return result.refreshComments();
diff --git a/frontend-js/src/test/js/helper.js b/frontend-js/src/test/js/helper.js
index 05b1e0d9ce47d6b920dc35c766650811a06466d5..18d101d871f9cf42084b0d1b0c613e170a23d30b 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/test/js/helper.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/test/js/helper.js
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ Helper.prototype.createMenuDiv = function() {
   refreshCommentButton.setAttribute("name", "refreshCommentButton");
   result.appendChild(refreshCommentButton);
 
+  var clearButton = document.createElement("button");
+  clearButton.setAttribute("name", "clearButton");
+  result.appendChild(clearButton);
+
   return result;
 };
 
diff --git a/web/src/main/webapp/index.xhtml b/web/src/main/webapp/index.xhtml
index f66134bb2e0ae66766b85e227cfe060dc7374550..f7208909b305aaca2e3ced22a29043b906917b69 100644
--- a/web/src/main/webapp/index.xhtml
+++ b/web/src/main/webapp/index.xhtml
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ function initMap(){
 							<i class='fa fa-refresh' style='font-size:21px; font-weight:400;'></i>
 						</button>
 					</div>
+					<button name="clearButton" class="overview_button" title="Clear all queries">
+						<i class='fa fa-times' style='font-size:18px; font-weight:300; padding-right:10px;'></i> 
+						CLEAR		
+					</button>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 			<div id="mapElement" class="mapClass"/>