diff --git a/src/scrollpad.cpp b/src/scrollpad.cpp
index c3eb26d5..ff146930 100644
--- a/src/scrollpad.cpp
+++ b/src/scrollpad.cpp
@@ -120,13 +120,15 @@ void Scrollpad::RemoveFormatting()
 
 void Scrollpad::Refresh()
 {
+	int MaxBeginning = itsRealHeight-itsHeight;
+	if (itsBeginning > MaxBeginning)
+		itsBeginning = MaxBeginning;
 	prefresh(itsWindow, itsBeginning, 0, itsStartY, itsStartX, itsStartY+itsHeight-1, itsStartX+itsWidth-1);
 }
 
 void Scrollpad::Resize(size_t new_width, size_t new_height)
 {
 	AdjustDimensions(new_width, new_height);
-	itsBeginning = 0;
 	itsRealHeight = itsHeight;
 	Flush();
 }
@@ -178,7 +180,6 @@ void Scrollpad::Scroll(Where where)
 
 void Scrollpad::Clear(bool clear_screen)
 {
-	itsBeginning = 0;
 	itsRealHeight = itsHeight;
 	itsBuffer.Clear();
 	wclear(itsWindow);
@@ -192,6 +193,11 @@ void Scrollpad::Clear(bool clear_screen)
 		Refresh();
 }
 
+void Scrollpad::Reset()
+{
+	itsBeginning = 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef _UTF8
 Scrollpad &Scrollpad::operator<<(const std::string &s)
 {
diff --git a/src/scrollpad.h b/src/scrollpad.h
index ec4d1857..0dbe1785 100644
--- a/src/scrollpad.h
+++ b/src/scrollpad.h
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ namespace NCurses
 			///
 			virtual void Clear(bool clear_screen = 1);
 			
+			/// Sets starting position to the beginning
+			///
+			void Reset();
+			
 			/// Template function that redirects all data passed
 			/// to the scrollpad window to its internal buffer
 			/// @param obj any object that has ostream &operator<<() defined