diff --git a/sbapp/main.py b/sbapp/main.py
index e87c802..9e8be46 100644
--- a/sbapp/main.py
+++ b/sbapp/main.py
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ class SidebandApp(MDApp):
             self.sideband.setstate("app.running", True)
             self.sideband.setstate("app.foreground", False)
             self.app_state = SidebandApp.PAUSED
-            self.sideband.should_persist_data()
+            self.sideband.should_persist_data(background=True)
             RNS.log("App paused", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
             return True
         
diff --git a/sbapp/sideband/core.py b/sbapp/sideband/core.py
index e2b978c..367ba9b 100644
--- a/sbapp/sideband/core.py
+++ b/sbapp/sideband/core.py
@@ -580,10 +580,8 @@ class SidebandCore():
                 total += entry.stat(follow_symlinks=False).st_size
         return total
 
-    def should_persist_data(self):
-        if self.reticulum != None:
-            self.reticulum._should_persist_data()
-
+    def should_persist_data(self, background=False):
+        if self.reticulum != None: self.reticulum._should_persist_data(background=background)
         self.save_configuration()
 
     def __load_telemetry_collector_excluded(self):