diff --git a/cmd/gochan/main.go b/cmd/gochan/main.go
index 4a734c8d..3738b20c 100644
--- a/cmd/gochan/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gochan/main.go
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ func main() {
 		gcutil.LogFatal().Err(err).Msg("Failed to initialize the database")
 	}
 	events.TriggerEvent("db-initialized")
+	events.RegisterEvent([]string{"db-views-reset"}, func(trigger string, i ...interface{}) error {
+		gcutil.LogInfo().Msg("SQL views reset")
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err = gcsql.ResetViews(); err != nil {
+		gcutil.LogFatal().Err(err).Send()
+	}
+
 	parseCommandLine()
 	serverutil.InitMinifier()
 	siteCfg := config.GetSiteConfig()
diff --git a/pkg/gcsql/provisioning.go b/pkg/gcsql/provisioning.go
index 905530eb..cd9591ba 100644
--- a/pkg/gcsql/provisioning.go
+++ b/pkg/gcsql/provisioning.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package gcsql
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"path"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/gochan-org/gochan/pkg/config"
@@ -28,11 +29,15 @@ var (
 	targetDatabaseVersion = -1
 )
 
+func findSQLFile(filename string) string {
+	return gcutil.FindResource(filename,
+		path.Join("./sql/", filename),
+		path.Join("/usr/local/share/gochan/", filename),
+		path.Join("/usr/share/gochan/", filename))
+}
+
 func initDB(initFile string) error {
-	filePath := gcutil.FindResource(initFile,
-		"./sql/"+initFile,
-		"/usr/local/share/gochan/"+initFile,
-		"/usr/share/gochan/"+initFile)
+	filePath := findSQLFile(initFile)
 	if filePath == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("missing SQL database initialization file (%s), please reinstall gochan", initFile)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/gcsql/views.go b/pkg/gcsql/views.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d36d17d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/gcsql/views.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package gcsql
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/gochan-org/gochan/pkg/events"
+)
+
+var (
+	errMissingViewFile = errors.New("unable to find reset_views.sql, please reinstall gochan")
+)
+
+func ResetViews() error {
+	viewsFile := findSQLFile("reset_views.sql")
+	if viewsFile == "" {
+		return errMissingViewFile
+	}
+	err := RunSQLFile(viewsFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err, recovered := events.TriggerEvent("db-views-reset")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if recovered {
+		return errors.New("recovered from panic while running reset views event")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/plugin_api.md b/plugin_api.md
index fa37f03a..78225f65 100644
--- a/plugin_api.md
+++ b/plugin_api.md
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ This is a list of events that gochan may trigger at some point and can be used i
 - **db-initialized**
 	- Triggered after the database is successfully initialized (db version checking, provisioning, etc)
 
+- **db-views-reset**
+	- Triggered after the SQL views have been successfully reset, either immediately after the database is initialized, or by a staff member
+
 - **incoming-upload**
 	- Triggered by the `gcsql` package when an upload is attached to a post. It is triggered before the upload is entered in the database
 
diff --git a/sql/db_views.sql b/sql/reset_views.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from sql/db_views.sql
rename to sql/reset_views.sql