diff --git a/src/arena.c b/src/arena.c
index 81ec05a..852b4dd 100644
--- a/src/arena.c
+++ b/src/arena.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Arena *arena_alloc_(const ArenaParams *params)
     arena->pos      = ARENA_HEADER_SZ;
     arena->base_pos = 0;
     arena->prev     = NULL;
+    arena->checkpoint_level = 0;
 
     return arena;
 }
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ ArenaCheckPoint arena_temp_begin(Arena *arena)
     ArenaCheckPoint checkpoint = {};
     checkpoint.arena = arena;
     checkpoint.absolute_pos = arena_absolute_pos(arena);
-
+    arena->checkpoint_level++;
     return checkpoint;
 }
 
@@ -121,4 +122,11 @@ void arena_temp_end(ArenaCheckPoint *checkpoint)
 {
     Arena *arena = checkpoint->arena;
     arena_pop_to(arena, checkpoint->absolute_pos);
+    Assert(arena->checkpoint_level > 0);
+    arena->checkpoint_level--;
+}
+
+void arena_reset(Arena *arena)
+{
+    arena_pop_to(arena, 0);
 }
diff --git a/src/arena.h b/src/arena.h
index d196913..fb21cea 100644
--- a/src/arena.h
+++ b/src/arena.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct Arena {
     U32 base_pos;     // absolute position of base relative to the first linked arena
     ArenaFlags flags;
     Arena *prev;
+    S32 checkpoint_level;
 };
 
 typedef struct ArenaCheckPoint ArenaCheckPoint;
@@ -45,3 +46,4 @@ void *arena_push(Arena *arena, U32 size, U32 align);
 ArenaCheckPoint arena_temp_begin(Arena *arena);
 void arena_temp_end(ArenaCheckPoint *checkpoint);
 void arena_pop_to(Arena *arena, U32 abs_pos);
+void arena_reset(Arena *arena);