diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b33eb11..39f3d0c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,3 +92,12 @@ You can define a custom `parentNode` element to base the scroll calulations on.
 | `threshold`      | `Number`     | `250`      | The distance in pixels before the end of the items that will trigger a call to `loadMore`.|
 | `useCapture`     | `Boolean`     | `false`     | Proxy to the `useCapture` option of the added event listeners.|
 | `useWindow`      | `Boolean`     | `true`     | Add scroll listeners to the window, or else, the component's `parentNode`.|
+
+### Public Methods
+
+##### reset
+Forcefully reset the local page based on `pageStart`. If the prop `initialLoad` is provided, force call `loadMore` with the start page.
+
+This may be appropriate if the api that inserts data in the list is reset, and the next page will be the initial page and not the last page known by InfiniteScroll. This is very common in listings with InfiniteScroll and search input.
+
+For the access public methods use `ref` prop.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3cdbd47..000b929 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-infinite-scroller",
-  "version": "1.2.2",
+  "version": "1.2.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -3115,7 +3115,8 @@
         "ansi-regex": {
           "version": "2.1.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "aproba": {
           "version": "1.1.1",
@@ -3166,7 +3167,8 @@
         "balanced-match": {
           "version": "0.4.2",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "bcrypt-pbkdf": {
           "version": "1.0.1",
@@ -3181,6 +3183,7 @@
           "version": "0.0.9",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "inherits": "~2.0.0"
           }
@@ -3189,6 +3192,7 @@
           "version": "2.10.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "hoek": "2.x.x"
           }
@@ -3197,6 +3201,7 @@
           "version": "1.1.7",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "balanced-match": "^0.4.1",
             "concat-map": "0.0.1"
@@ -3205,7 +3210,8 @@
         "buffer-shims": {
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "caseless": {
           "version": "0.12.0",
@@ -3222,12 +3228,14 @@
         "code-point-at": {
           "version": "1.1.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "combined-stream": {
           "version": "1.0.5",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "delayed-stream": "~1.0.0"
           }
@@ -3235,17 +3243,20 @@
         "concat-map": {
           "version": "0.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "console-control-strings": {
           "version": "1.1.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "core-util-is": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "cryptiles": {
           "version": "2.0.5",
@@ -3291,7 +3302,8 @@
         "delayed-stream": {
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "delegates": {
           "version": "1.0.0",
@@ -3317,7 +3329,8 @@
         "extsprintf": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "forever-agent": {
           "version": "0.6.1",
@@ -3339,12 +3352,14 @@
         "fs.realpath": {
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "fstream": {
           "version": "1.0.11",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "graceful-fs": "^4.1.2",
             "inherits": "~2.0.0",
@@ -3400,6 +3415,7 @@
           "version": "7.1.2",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "fs.realpath": "^1.0.0",
             "inflight": "^1.0.4",
@@ -3412,7 +3428,8 @@
         "graceful-fs": {
           "version": "4.1.11",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "har-schema": {
           "version": "1.0.5",
@@ -3451,7 +3468,8 @@
         "hoek": {
           "version": "2.16.3",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "http-signature": {
           "version": "1.1.1",
@@ -3468,6 +3486,7 @@
           "version": "1.0.6",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "once": "^1.3.0",
             "wrappy": "1"
@@ -3476,7 +3495,8 @@
         "inherits": {
           "version": "2.0.3",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "ini": {
           "version": "1.3.4",
@@ -3488,6 +3508,7 @@
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "number-is-nan": "^1.0.0"
           }
@@ -3501,7 +3522,8 @@
         "isarray": {
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "isstream": {
           "version": "0.1.2",
@@ -3574,12 +3596,14 @@
         "mime-db": {
           "version": "1.27.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "mime-types": {
           "version": "2.1.15",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "mime-db": "~1.27.0"
           }
@@ -3588,6 +3612,7 @@
           "version": "3.0.4",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "brace-expansion": "^1.1.7"
           }
@@ -3595,12 +3620,14 @@
         "minimist": {
           "version": "0.0.8",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "mkdirp": {
           "version": "0.5.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "minimist": "0.0.8"
           }
@@ -3653,7 +3680,8 @@
         "number-is-nan": {
           "version": "1.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "oauth-sign": {
           "version": "0.8.2",
@@ -3671,6 +3699,7 @@
           "version": "1.4.0",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "wrappy": "1"
           }
@@ -3700,7 +3729,8 @@
         "path-is-absolute": {
           "version": "1.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "performance-now": {
           "version": "0.2.0",
@@ -3711,7 +3741,8 @@
         "process-nextick-args": {
           "version": "1.0.7",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "punycode": {
           "version": "1.4.1",
@@ -3749,6 +3780,7 @@
           "version": "2.2.9",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "buffer-shims": "~1.0.0",
             "core-util-is": "~1.0.0",
@@ -3793,6 +3825,7 @@
           "version": "2.6.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "glob": "^7.0.5"
           }
@@ -3800,7 +3833,8 @@
         "safe-buffer": {
           "version": "5.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "semver": {
           "version": "5.3.0",
@@ -3858,6 +3892,7 @@
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "code-point-at": "^1.0.0",
             "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^1.0.0",
@@ -3868,6 +3903,7 @@
           "version": "1.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "safe-buffer": "^5.0.1"
           }
@@ -3882,6 +3918,7 @@
           "version": "3.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "ansi-regex": "^2.0.0"
           }
@@ -3896,6 +3933,7 @@
           "version": "2.2.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "block-stream": "*",
             "fstream": "^1.0.2",
@@ -3951,7 +3989,8 @@
         "util-deprecate": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "uuid": {
           "version": "3.0.1",
@@ -3980,7 +4019,8 @@
         "wrappy": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         }
       }
     },
@@ -6217,6 +6257,7 @@
           "version": "0.1.4",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "kind-of": "^3.0.2",
             "longest": "^1.0.1",
@@ -6966,7 +7007,8 @@
         "longest": {
           "version": "1.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "loose-envify": {
           "version": "1.3.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 472928b..d9aabe6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
     "url": "git://github.com/CassetteRocks/react-infinite-scroller.git"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build":
-      "mkdirp dist && babel src/InfiniteScroll.js --out-file dist/InfiniteScroll.js",
+    "build": "mkdirp dist && babel src/InfiniteScroll.js --out-file dist/InfiniteScroll.js",
     "prepublish": "npm run build",
     "test": "nyc npm run spec",
     "spec": "_mocha -R spec ./test/test_helper.js --recursive test/*_test.js",
@@ -23,7 +22,11 @@
       "git add"
     ]
   },
-  "keywords": ["infinite", "scroll", "react"],
+  "keywords": [
+    "infinite",
+    "scroll",
+    "react"
+  ],
   "author": "CassetteRocks",
   "license": "MIT",
   "bugs": {
diff --git a/src/InfiniteScroll.js b/src/InfiniteScroll.js
index b08637e..76b7201 100644
--- a/src/InfiniteScroll.js
+++ b/src/InfiniteScroll.js
@@ -63,6 +63,24 @@ export default class InfiniteScroll extends Component {
     this.detachMousewheelListener();
   }
 
+  scrollToTop() {
+    const parentElement = this.getParentElement(this.scrollComponent);
+
+    let scrollEl = window;
+
+    if (this.props.useWindow === false) {
+      scrollEl = parentElement;
+    }
+
+    scrollEl.scrollTop = 0;
+  }
+
+  reset() {
+    this.pageLoaded = this.props.pageStart;
+
+    this.scrollToTop();
+  }
+
   isPassiveSupported() {
     let passive = false;