diff --git a/vegafusion-python/vegafusion/runtime.py b/vegafusion-python/vegafusion/runtime.py
index 51180c3b..234d68d8 100644
--- a/vegafusion-python/vegafusion/runtime.py
+++ b/vegafusion-python/vegafusion/runtime.py
@@ -786,10 +786,20 @@ def cache_capacity(self, value: int) -> None:
             self.reset()
 
     def reset(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Restart the runtime
+        """
         if self._runtime is not None:
             self._runtime.clear_cache()
             self._runtime = None
 
+    def clear_cache(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Clear the VegaFusion runtime cache
+        """
+        if self._runtime is not None:
+            self._runtime.clear_cache()
+
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         if self.using_grpc:
             return f"VegaFusionRuntime(url={self._grpc_url})"