diff --git a/es-app/src/PDFViewer.cpp b/es-app/src/PDFViewer.cpp
index 34c8d7df3..2e4a0d3c5 100644
--- a/es-app/src/PDFViewer.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/PDFViewer.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "Sound.h"
 #include "utils/FileSystemUtil.h"
 #include "utils/StringUtil.h"
+#include "views/ViewController.h"
 
 #include <array>
 
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ PDFViewer::PDFViewer()
 
 bool PDFViewer::startPDFViewer(FileData* game)
 {
+    ViewController::getInstance()->pauseViewVideos();
+
 #if defined(_WIN64)
     const std::string convertBinary {"/es-pdf-converter/es-pdf-convert.exe"};
 #else
@@ -42,6 +45,8 @@ bool PDFViewer::startPDFViewer(FileData* game)
 #else
         LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't find PDF conversion binary es-pdf-convert";
 #endif
+        NavigationSounds::getInstance().playThemeNavigationSound(SCROLLSOUND);
+        ViewController::getInstance()->stopViewVideos();
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -49,6 +54,8 @@ bool PDFViewer::startPDFViewer(FileData* game)
 
     if (!Utils::FileSystem::exists(mManualPath)) {
         LOG(LogError) << "No PDF manual found for game \"" << game->getName() << "\"";
+        NavigationSounds::getInstance().playThemeNavigationSound(SCROLLSOUND);
+        ViewController::getInstance()->stopViewVideos();
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -66,6 +73,8 @@ bool PDFViewer::startPDFViewer(FileData* game)
 
     if (!getDocumentInfo()) {
         LOG(LogError) << "PDFViewer: Couldn't load file \"" << mManualPath;
+        NavigationSounds::getInstance().playThemeNavigationSound(SCROLLSOUND);
+        ViewController::getInstance()->stopViewVideos();
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -74,6 +83,8 @@ bool PDFViewer::startPDFViewer(FileData* game)
     for (int i {1}; i <= mPageCount; ++i) {
         if (mPages.find(i) == mPages.end()) {
             LOG(LogError) << "Couldn't read information for page " << i << ", invalid PDF file?";
+            NavigationSounds::getInstance().playThemeNavigationSound(SCROLLSOUND);
+            ViewController::getInstance()->stopViewVideos();
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -119,6 +130,8 @@ bool PDFViewer::startPDFViewer(FileData* game)
 void PDFViewer::stopPDFViewer()
 {
     NavigationSounds::getInstance().playThemeNavigationSound(SCROLLSOUND);
+    ViewController::getInstance()->stopViewVideos();
+
     mPages.clear();
     mPageImage.reset();
 }
diff --git a/es-app/src/PDFViewer.h b/es-app/src/PDFViewer.h
index e6ea09879..3bc2a6ab2 100644
--- a/es-app/src/PDFViewer.h
+++ b/es-app/src/PDFViewer.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ class PDFViewer : public Window::PDFViewer
 {
 public:
     PDFViewer();
-    ~PDFViewer() { stopPDFViewer(); }
 
     bool startPDFViewer(FileData* game) override;
     void stopPDFViewer() override;
diff --git a/es-core/src/Window.cpp b/es-core/src/Window.cpp
index bb7135c8f..ca31147a9 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Window.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/Window.cpp
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ void Window::render()
         auto& bottom = mGuiStack.front();
         auto& top = mGuiStack.back();
 
-        if (mRenderMediaViewer || mRenderScreensaver) {
+        if (mRenderMediaViewer || mRenderPDFViewer || mRenderScreensaver) {
             bottom->cancelAllAnimations();
             bottom->stopAllAnimations();
         }
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ void Window::render()
         // Don't render the system view or gamelist view if the media viewer is active or if the
         // video or slideshow screensaver is running. The exception is if the fallback screensaver
         // is active due to a lack of videos or images.
-        bool renderBottom = true;
-        if (mRenderMediaViewer)
+        bool renderBottom {true};
+        if (mRenderMediaViewer || mRenderPDFViewer)
             renderBottom = false;
         else if (mRenderScreensaver && mScreensaver->isFallbackScreensaver())
             renderBottom = true;
@@ -653,9 +653,9 @@ void Window::render()
     unsigned int screensaverTimer {
         static_cast<unsigned int>(Settings::getInstance()->getInt("ScreensaverTimer"))};
     if (mTimeSinceLastInput >= screensaverTimer && screensaverTimer != 0) {
-        // If the media viewer is running or if a menu is open, reset the screensaver timer so
-        // that the screensaver won't start.
-        if (mRenderMediaViewer || mGuiStack.front() != mGuiStack.back())
+        // If the media viewer or PDF viewer is running, or if a menu is open, then reset the
+        // screensaver timer so that the screensaver won't start.
+        if (mRenderMediaViewer || mRenderPDFViewer || mGuiStack.front() != mGuiStack.back())
             mTimeSinceLastInput = 0;
         // If a game has been launched, reset the screensaver timer as we don't want to start
         // the screensaver in the background when running a game.