diff --git a/control/Director.php b/control/Director.php
index a3686d279..c3029a209 100644
--- a/control/Director.php
+++ b/control/Director.php
@@ -714,6 +714,26 @@ class Director implements TemplateGlobalProvider {
 		return Director::protocol() . $login .  $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . Director::baseURL();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Skip any further processing and immediately respond with a redirect to the passed URL.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $destURL - The URL to redirect to
+	 */
+	protected static function force_redirect($destURL) {
+		$response = new SS_HTTPResponse(
+			"<h1>Your browser is not accepting header redirects</h1>".
+			"<p>Please <a href=\"$destURL\">click here</a>",
+			301
+		);
+
+		HTTP::add_cache_headers($response);
+		$response->addHeader('Location', $destURL);
+
+		// TODO: Use an exception - ATM we can be called from _config.php, before Director#handleRequest's try block
+		$response->output();
+		die;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Force the site to run on SSL.
 	 * 
@@ -782,10 +802,7 @@ class Director implements TemplateGlobalProvider {
 			if(class_exists('SapphireTest', false) && SapphireTest::is_running_test()) {
 				return $destURL;
 			} else {
-				if(!headers_sent()) header("Location: $destURL");
-				
-				die("<h1>Your browser is not accepting header redirects</h1>"
-					. "<p>Please <a href=\"$destURL\">click here</a>");
+				self::force_redirect($destURL);
 			}
 		} else {
 			return false;
@@ -800,9 +817,7 @@ class Director implements TemplateGlobalProvider {
 			$destURL = str_replace(Director::protocol(), Director::protocol() . 'www.', 
 				Director::absoluteURL($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']));
 
-			header("Location: $destURL", true, 301);
-			die("<h1>Your browser is not accepting header redirects</h1>"
-				. "<p>Please <a href=\"$destURL\">click here</a>");
+			self::force_redirect($destURL);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/control/HTTP.php b/control/HTTP.php
index 03f7cdbcb..b1f154b9b 100644
--- a/control/HTTP.php
+++ b/control/HTTP.php
@@ -338,11 +338,11 @@ class HTTP {
 			$responseHeaders["Cache-Control"] = "max-age=" . self::$cache_age . ", must-revalidate, no-transform";
 			$responseHeaders["Pragma"] = "";
 
-			// To do: User-Agent should only be added in situations where you *are* actually 
+			// To do: User-Agent should only be added in situations where you *are* actually
 			// varying according to user-agent.
 			$responseHeaders['Vary'] = 'Cookie, X-Forwarded-Protocol, User-Agent, Accept';
-
-		} else {
+		}
+		else {
 			$responseHeaders["Cache-Control"] = "no-cache, max-age=0, must-revalidate, no-transform";
 		}