diff --git a/USERGUIDE.md b/USERGUIDE.md
index 7ba0cc083..679408645 100644
--- a/USERGUIDE.md
+++ b/USERGUIDE.md
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ A statistics counter that counts how many times you're played the game. You norm
 
 ### Buttons
 
-For game files, there will be four buttons displayed on the bottom of the metadata editor window, and for folders there will be three buttons. These are their functions:
+For game files, there will be five buttons displayed on the bottom of the metadata editor window, and for folders there will be four. These are their functions:
 
 **Scrape**
 
diff --git a/es-app/src/guis/GuiMetaDataEd.cpp b/es-app/src/guis/GuiMetaDataEd.cpp
index c6493a21a..9fd0c34ac 100644
--- a/es-app/src/guis/GuiMetaDataEd.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/guis/GuiMetaDataEd.cpp
@@ -248,8 +248,11 @@ GuiMetaDataEd::GuiMetaDataEd(
         buttons.push_back(std::make_shared<ButtonComponent>(mWindow, "SCRAPE", "scrape",
                 std::bind(&GuiMetaDataEd::fetch, this)));
 
-    buttons.push_back(std::make_shared<ButtonComponent>(mWindow, "SAVE", "save metadata",
-            [&] { save(); delete this; }));
+    buttons.push_back(std::make_shared<ButtonComponent>(mWindow, "SAVE", "save metadata", [&] {
+        save();
+        ViewController::get()->onPauseVideo();
+        delete this;
+    }));
     buttons.push_back(std::make_shared<ButtonComponent>(mWindow, "CANCEL", "cancel changes",
             [&] { delete this; }));
 
diff --git a/es-core/src/Window.cpp b/es-core/src/Window.cpp
index 3cbee9b2f..45c07f2a4 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Window.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/Window.cpp
@@ -604,8 +604,12 @@ bool Window::cancelScreenSaver()
         mScreenSaver->resetCounts();
 
         // Tell the GUI components the screensaver has stopped.
-        for (auto it = mGuiStack.cbegin(); it != mGuiStack.cend(); it++)
+        for (auto it = mGuiStack.cbegin(); it != mGuiStack.cend(); it++) {
             (*it)->onScreenSaverDeactivate();
+            // If the menu is open, pause the video so it won't start playing beneath the menu.
+            if (mGuiStack.front() != mGuiStack.back())
+                (*it)->onPauseVideo();
+        }
 
         mSaturationAmount = 1.0;
         mDimValue = 1.0;