diff --git a/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.js b/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.js
index c10f2f83c03..6e55b454cd6 100644
--- a/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.js
+++ b/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.js
@@ -139,4 +139,8 @@ export default class ElectronPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
     requestNotificationPermission() : Promise {
         return q('granted');
     }
+
+    reload() {
+        electron.remote.getCurrentWebContents().reload();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js b/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js
index bf4175132ef..5dc55052972 100644
--- a/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js
+++ b/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.js
@@ -206,4 +206,10 @@ export default class WebPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
         }
         return null;
     }
+
+    reload() {
+        // forceReload=false since we don't really need new HTML/JS files
+        // we just need to restart the JS runtime.
+        window.location.reload(false);
+    }
 }