diff --git a/src/com/modsim/gui/GUI.java b/src/com/modsim/gui/GUI.java
index 842228d..70395fa 100644
--- a/src/com/modsim/gui/GUI.java
+++ b/src/com/modsim/gui/GUI.java
@@ -265,7 +265,10 @@ public void zoomOutToView()
 		view.zoomOut(view.getWidth()/2,view.getHeight()/2);
 	}
 	
-	
+	public void resetView()
+	{
+		view.resetView();
+	} 
 	
 	
 	/**
diff --git a/src/com/modsim/gui/Menu.java b/src/com/modsim/gui/Menu.java
index b1c224b..1035789 100644
--- a/src/com/modsim/gui/Menu.java
+++ b/src/com/modsim/gui/Menu.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ private void addViewMenu() {
         JMenu view = new JMenu("View");
         view.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_V);
         view.add(Ops.toggleAA);
+        view.add(Ops.resetView);
         app_menu.add(view);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/modsim/gui/view/View.java b/src/com/modsim/gui/view/View.java
index 229b34e..61467ef 100644
--- a/src/com/modsim/gui/view/View.java
+++ b/src/com/modsim/gui/view/View.java
@@ -21,13 +21,16 @@
  */
 public class View extends JPanel {
 
-    public int zoomI = 3;
+	public int init_zoomI = 3;
+	public double init_camX = 0, init_camY = 0;
+		
+    public int zoomI = init_zoomI;
     public double zoom = zoomI * ZOOM_MULTIPLIER;
 
     public static final double ZOOM_MULTIPLIER = 0.15;
     public static final int ZOOM_LIMIT = 12;
 
-    public double camX = 0, camY = 0;
+    public double camX = init_camX, camY = init_camY;
     public AffineTransform wToV = new AffineTransform();
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -250,4 +253,13 @@ public void zoomOut(int x, int y) {
         }
     }
 
+	public void resetView() {
+		//center view
+		camX = init_camX;
+		camY = init_camY;
+		//reset zoom
+		zoomI = init_zoomI;
+	    zoom = zoomI * ZOOM_MULTIPLIER;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/com/modsim/operations/Ops.java b/src/com/modsim/operations/Ops.java
index 1860a1b..7c7345c 100644
--- a/src/com/modsim/operations/Ops.java
+++ b/src/com/modsim/operations/Ops.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public static void fileNew() {
     // Core application actions
     public static final DesignAction undo, redo, copy, paste, delete, rotateCW, rotateCCW, rotate180,
             labelEdit, labelBig, labelSmall,
-            pause, run, step, toggleRun, zoomIn, zoomOut, toggleAA, open, save, saveAs, fileNew, quit;
+            pause, run, step, toggleRun, zoomIn, zoomOut, resetView, toggleAA, open, save, saveAs, fileNew, quit;
 
     static {
         // Keyboard shortcuts
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public static void fileNew() {
         //Zoom controls
         zoomIn = new DesignAction(event -> Main.ui.zoomInToView(), "Zoom In");
         zoomOut = new DesignAction(event -> Main.ui.zoomOutToView(), "Zoom Out");
-        
+        resetView = new DesignAction(event -> Main.ui.resetView(), "Reset View");
         
         // View controls
         toggleAA = new DesignAction(event -> Main.ui.view.useAA = !Main.ui.view.useAA,
diff --git a/src/com/modsim/util/XMLReader.java b/src/com/modsim/util/XMLReader.java
index 44c3472..c476ce2 100644
--- a/src/com/modsim/util/XMLReader.java
+++ b/src/com/modsim/util/XMLReader.java
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ public static void readFile(File xmlFile) {
             // View load
             Element view = (Element) doc.getElementsByTagName("view").item(0);
             View v = Main.ui.view;
-            v.camX = Double.parseDouble(view.getAttribute("camX"));
-            v.camY = Double.parseDouble(view.getAttribute("camY"));
-            v.zoomI = Integer.parseInt(view.getAttribute("zoom"));
+            v.init_camX = v.camX = Double.parseDouble(view.getAttribute("camX"));
+            v.init_camY = v.camY = Double.parseDouble(view.getAttribute("camY"));
+            v.init_zoomI = v.zoomI = Integer.parseInt(view.getAttribute("zoom"));
             v.zoom = View.ZOOM_MULTIPLIER * v.zoomI;
             v.calcXForm();