diff --git a/es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperMulti.cpp b/es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperMulti.cpp
index afbfe0a3d..8da0377df 100644
--- a/es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperMulti.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperMulti.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ GuiScraperMulti::GuiScraperMulti(Window* window, const std::queue<ScraperSearchP
 	addChild(&mBackground);
 	addChild(&mGrid);
 
+	mIsProcessing = true;
+
 	mTotalGames = mSearchQueue.size();
 	mCurrentGame = 0;
 	mTotalSuccessful = 0;
@@ -143,6 +145,8 @@ void GuiScraperMulti::finish()
 
 	mWindow->pushGui(new GuiMsgBox(mWindow, ss.str(), 
 		"OK", [&] { delete this; }));
+
+	mIsProcessing = false;
 }
 
 std::vector<HelpPrompt> GuiScraperMulti::getHelpPrompts()
diff --git a/es-core/src/GuiComponent.cpp b/es-core/src/GuiComponent.cpp
index 2b4fbe3c1..d079930de 100644
--- a/es-core/src/GuiComponent.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/GuiComponent.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 #include "ThemeData.h"
 
 GuiComponent::GuiComponent(Window* window) : mWindow(window), mParent(NULL), mOpacity(255), 
-	mPosition(Eigen::Vector3f::Zero()), mSize(Eigen::Vector2f::Zero()), mTransform(Eigen::Affine3f::Identity())
+	mPosition(Eigen::Vector3f::Zero()), mSize(Eigen::Vector2f::Zero()), mTransform(Eigen::Affine3f::Identity()),
+	mIsProcessing(false)
 {
 	for(unsigned char i = 0; i < MAX_ANIMATIONS; i++)
 		mAnimationMap[i] = NULL;
@@ -339,3 +340,8 @@ HelpStyle GuiComponent::getHelpStyle()
 {
 	return HelpStyle();
 }
+
+bool GuiComponent::isProcessing() const
+{
+	return mIsProcessing;
+}
diff --git a/es-core/src/GuiComponent.h b/es-core/src/GuiComponent.h
index 0b8734a2f..566b2a615 100644
--- a/es-core/src/GuiComponent.h
+++ b/es-core/src/GuiComponent.h
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ public:
 	
 	virtual HelpStyle getHelpStyle();
 
+	// Returns true if the component is busy doing background processing (e.g. HTTP downloads)
+	bool isProcessing() const;
+
 protected:
 	void renderChildren(const Eigen::Affine3f& transform) const;
 	void updateSelf(int deltaTime); // updates animations
@@ -104,6 +107,8 @@ protected:
 	Eigen::Vector3f mPosition;
 	Eigen::Vector2f mSize;
 
+	bool mIsProcessing;
+
 public:
 	const static unsigned char MAX_ANIMATIONS = 4;
 
diff --git a/es-core/src/Window.cpp b/es-core/src/Window.cpp
index d9dea2050..e5622e8ca 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Window.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/Window.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "AudioManager.h"
 #include "Log.h"
 #include "Settings.h"
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include "components/HelpComponent.h"
 #include "components/ImageComponent.h"
@@ -202,11 +203,16 @@ void Window::render()
 	}
 
 	unsigned int screensaverTime = (unsigned int)Settings::getInstance()->getInt("ScreenSaverTime");
-	if(mTimeSinceLastInput >= screensaverTime && screensaverTime != 0 && mAllowSleep)
+	if(mTimeSinceLastInput >= screensaverTime && screensaverTime != 0)
 	{
-		// go to sleep
-		mSleeping = true;
-		onSleep();
+		renderScreenSaver();
+
+		if (!isProcessing() && mAllowSleep)
+		{
+			// go to sleep
+			mSleeping = true;
+			onSleep();
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -326,12 +332,21 @@ void Window::setHelpPrompts(const std::vector<HelpPrompt>& prompts, const HelpSt
 
 void Window::onSleep()
 {
-	Renderer::setMatrix(Eigen::Affine3f::Identity());
-	unsigned char opacity = Settings::getInstance()->getString("ScreenSaverBehavior") == "dim" ? 0xA0 : 0xFF;
-	Renderer::drawRect(0, 0, Renderer::getScreenWidth(), Renderer::getScreenHeight(), 0x00000000 | opacity);
 }
 
 void Window::onWake()
 {
 
 }
+
+bool Window::isProcessing()
+{
+	return count_if(mGuiStack.begin(), mGuiStack.end(), [](GuiComponent* c) { return c->isProcessing(); }) > 0;
+}
+
+void Window::renderScreenSaver()
+{
+	Renderer::setMatrix(Eigen::Affine3f::Identity());
+	unsigned char opacity = Settings::getInstance()->getString("ScreenSaverBehavior") == "dim" ? 0xA0 : 0xFF;
+	Renderer::drawRect(0, 0, Renderer::getScreenWidth(), Renderer::getScreenHeight(), 0x00000000 | opacity);
+}
diff --git a/es-core/src/Window.h b/es-core/src/Window.h
index 6576cb04a..5eee873a2 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Window.h
+++ b/es-core/src/Window.h
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ private:
 	void onSleep();
 	void onWake();
 
+	// Returns true if at least one component on the stack is processing
+	bool isProcessing();
+	void renderScreenSaver();
+
 	HelpComponent* mHelp;
 	ImageComponent* mBackgroundOverlay;