diff --git a/src/gui/luainstance.cpp b/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
index e98fca087..2662476df 100644
--- a/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ void CLuaInstance::runScript(const char *fileName, std::vector<std::string> *arg
 		if (error_string)
 			*error_string = std::string(lua_tostring(lua, -1));
 	}
+	g_Zapit->setStandby(false);
 }
 
 // Example: runScript(fileName, "Arg1", "Arg2", "Arg3", ..., NULL);
@@ -523,6 +524,7 @@ const luaL_Reg CLuaInstance::methods[] =
 	{ "setBlank", CLuaInstance::setBlank },
 	{ "ShowPicture", CLuaInstance::ShowPicture },
 	{ "StopPicture", CLuaInstance::StopPicture },
+	{ "zapitSetStandby", CLuaInstance::zapitSetStandby },
 	{ "Blit", CLuaInstance::Blit },
 	{ "GetLanguage", CLuaInstance::GetLanguage },
 	{ "runScript", CLuaInstance::runScriptExt },
@@ -712,6 +714,16 @@ int CLuaInstance::StopPicture(lua_State */*L*/)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int CLuaInstance::zapitSetStandby(lua_State *L)
+{
+	bool standby = true;
+	int numargs = lua_gettop(L);
+	if (numargs > 1)
+		standby = _luaL_checkbool(L, 2);
+	g_Zapit->setStandby(standby);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int CLuaInstance::PlayFile(lua_State *L)
 {
 	printf("CLuaInstance::%s %d\n", __func__, lua_gettop(L));
diff --git a/src/gui/luainstance.h b/src/gui/luainstance.h
index e670b2237..58a346822 100644
--- a/src/gui/luainstance.h
+++ b/src/gui/luainstance.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <vector>
 
 #define LUA_API_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define LUA_API_VERSION_MINOR 6
+#define LUA_API_VERSION_MINOR 7
 
 /* this is stored as userdata in the lua_State */
 struct CLuaData
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ private:
 	static int setBlank(lua_State *L);
 	static int ShowPicture(lua_State *L);
 	static int StopPicture(lua_State *L);
+	static int zapitSetStandby(lua_State *L);
 	static int PlayFile(lua_State *L);
 
 	static int strFind(lua_State *L);