Restarting kernel, ipython console in spyder

I am having this problem in spyder where, after I run my code and exit the gui.program, the kernel needs to manually be restarted after every time my code is ran, I sometimes even have to shut down spyder as kernel crashes. I am wondering if there is a way for the kernel to automatically be reset after closing the gui.program so I can run it again right after? This closes the program but doesn't restart the kernel.

    def EndProgram(self):        print("Exiting Program")        FigureCanvas.close(self)        # behaviour to trigger on exit        sys.exit()        # exit