diff --git a/drivers/dv_display/dv_display.cpp b/drivers/dv_display/dv_display.cpp
index c5c25b55..dd7a3bfa 100644
--- a/drivers/dv_display/dv_display.cpp
+++ b/drivers/dv_display/dv_display.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ namespace pimoroni {
     }
   }
 
+  void DVDisplay::reset() {
+    swd_reset();
+  }
+
   uint8_t DVDisplay::get_gpio() {
     return i2c->reg_read_uint8(I2C_ADDR, I2C_REG_GPIO);
   }
diff --git a/drivers/dv_display/dv_display.hpp b/drivers/dv_display/dv_display.hpp
index c5bab8e1..6527c1a0 100644
--- a/drivers/dv_display/dv_display.hpp
+++ b/drivers/dv_display/dv_display.hpp
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ namespace pimoroni {
 
       void init(uint16_t width, uint16_t height, Mode mode = MODE_RGB555);
       void flip();
+      void reset();
 
       // 32 colour palette mode.  Note that palette entries range from 0-31,
       // but when writing colour values the palette entry is in bits 6-2, so the
diff --git a/drivers/dv_display/swd_load.cpp b/drivers/dv_display/swd_load.cpp
index df180b65..0ec1c7d4 100644
--- a/drivers/dv_display/swd_load.cpp
+++ b/drivers/dv_display/swd_load.cpp
@@ -339,20 +339,30 @@ static bool start(uint pc, uint sp) {
     return true;
 }
 
-bool swd_load_program(const uint* addresses, const uint** data, const uint* data_len_in_bytes, uint num_sections, uint pc = 0x20000001, uint sp = 0x20042000, bool use_xip_as_ram = false) {
+static bool swd_reset_internal() {
     gpio_init(2);
     gpio_init(3);
     gpio_disable_pulls(2);
     gpio_pull_up(3);
 
-    mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "Connecting\n");
-
     bool ok = connect(true, 0xf);
     mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "Reset %s\n", ok ? "OK" : "Fail");
+    return ok;
+}
+
+bool swd_reset() {
+    bool ok = swd_reset_internal();
+    unload_pio();
+    return ok;
+}
+
+static bool swd_load_program_internal(const uint* addresses, const uint** data, const uint* data_len_in_bytes, uint num_sections, uint pc, uint sp, bool use_xip_as_ram) {
+    bool ok = swd_reset_internal();
     if (!ok) {
         return false;
     }
 
+    mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "Connecting\n");
     ok = connect(false, 0);    
 
     mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "Connected core 0 %s\n", ok ? "OK" : "Fail");
@@ -382,6 +392,11 @@ bool swd_load_program(const uint* addresses, const uint** data, const uint* data
 
     ok |= start(0, 0x20041000);
 
-    unload_pio();
     return ok;
 }
+
+bool swd_load_program(const uint* addresses, const uint** data, const uint* data_len_in_bytes, uint num_sections, uint pc = 0x20000001, uint sp = 0x20042000, bool use_xip_as_ram = false) {
+    bool ok = swd_load_program_internal(addresses, data, data_len_in_bytes, num_sections, pc, sp, use_xip_as_ram);
+    unload_pio();
+    return ok;
+}
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diff --git a/drivers/dv_display/swd_load.hpp b/drivers/dv_display/swd_load.hpp
index 75d0a81a..b2c08347 100644
--- a/drivers/dv_display/swd_load.hpp
+++ b/drivers/dv_display/swd_load.hpp
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-bool swd_load_program(const uint* addresses, const uint** data, const uint* data_len_in_bytes, uint num_sections, uint pc = 0x20000001, uint sp = 0x20042000, bool use_xip_as_ram = false);
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+bool swd_load_program(const uint* addresses, const uint** data, const uint* data_len_in_bytes, uint num_sections, uint pc = 0x20000001, uint sp = 0x20042000, bool use_xip_as_ram = false);
+bool swd_reset();
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