diff --git a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/sgct b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/sgct
index 364b647fbc..d470316f85 160000
--- a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/sgct
+++ b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/sgct
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 364b647fbcdae10741e7cb3cbf1010f6404cbc2d
+Subproject commit d470316f8580364ba77ca45e2b3e258c6d612cc9
diff --git a/apps/OpenSpace/main.cpp b/apps/OpenSpace/main.cpp
index b954fba28a..375fc94f56 100644
--- a/apps/OpenSpace/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/OpenSpace/main.cpp
@@ -879,6 +879,10 @@ void setSgctDelegateFunctions() {
         Engine::instance().takeScreenshot(std::move(windowIds));
         return Engine::instance().screenShotNumber();
     };
+    sgctDelegate.resetScreenshotNumber = []() {
+        ZoneScoped;
+        Engine::instance().resetScreenshotNumber();
+    };
     sgctDelegate.swapBuffer = []() {
         ZoneScoped;
 
diff --git a/include/openspace/engine/windowdelegate.h b/include/openspace/engine/windowdelegate.h
index 526e2e54f9..af290a293e 100644
--- a/include/openspace/engine/windowdelegate.h
+++ b/include/openspace/engine/windowdelegate.h
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ struct WindowDelegate {
     unsigned int (*takeScreenshot)(bool applyWarping, std::vector<int> windowIds) =
         [](bool, std::vector<int>) { return 0u; };
 
+    void (*resetScreenshotNumber)() = []() {};
+
     void (*swapBuffer)() = []() {};
 
     int (*nWindows)() = []() { return 0; };
diff --git a/include/openspace/rendering/renderengine.h b/include/openspace/rendering/renderengine.h
index e9b0b6a0a9..068403a34b 100644
--- a/include/openspace/rendering/renderengine.h
+++ b/include/openspace/rendering/renderengine.h
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ public:
      */
     void takeScreenshot();
 
+    /**
+     * Resets the screenshot index to 0
+     */
+    void resetScreenshotNumber();
+
     /**
      * Get the filename of the latest screenshot
      */
diff --git a/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp b/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp
index a5cac6229b..4b78b846af 100644
--- a/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp
@@ -1027,6 +1027,14 @@ void RenderEngine::takeScreenshot() {
     );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resets the screenshot index to 0
+ */
+void RenderEngine::resetScreenshotNumber() {
+    _latestScreenshotNumber = 0;
+    global::windowDelegate->resetScreenshotNumber();
+}
+
 unsigned int RenderEngine::latestScreenshotNumber() const {
     return _latestScreenshotNumber;
 }
@@ -1038,7 +1046,8 @@ scripting::LuaLibrary RenderEngine::luaLibrary() {
             codegen::lua::AddScreenSpaceRenderable,
             codegen::lua::RemoveScreenSpaceRenderable,
             codegen::lua::TakeScreenshot,
-            codegen::lua::DpiScaling
+            codegen::lua::DpiScaling,
+            codegen::lua::ResetScreenshotNumber
         }
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/rendering/renderengine_lua.inl b/src/rendering/renderengine_lua.inl
index 7a8460b7d9..f7b474aea3 100644
--- a/src/rendering/renderengine_lua.inl
+++ b/src/rendering/renderengine_lua.inl
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ namespace {
     return static_cast<int>(screenshotNumber);
 }
 
+/**
+* Reset screenshot index to 0.
+*/
+[[codegen::luawrap]] void resetScreenshotNumber() {
+    using namespace openspace;
+    global::renderEngine->resetScreenshotNumber();
+}
+
 // Extracts the DPI scaling for either the GUI window or if there is no dedicated GUI
 // window, the first window.
 [[codegen::luawrap]] float dpiScaling() {