diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 85dbf9a..1662a5e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flex"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flex-anilist"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 dependencies = [
  "flex-plugin",
  "ureq",
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flex-core"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "directories",
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flex-lotus-lamp"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 dependencies = [
  "flex-plugin",
  "lotus-lamp",
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flex-plugin"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flex-trakt"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 dependencies = [
  "flex-plugin",
  "ureq",
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flex-web"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a56dff2..3ad935a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ default-members = ["crates/*"]
 
 [workspace.package]
 edition = "2024"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 license = "MIT"
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/crates/flex-app/Cargo.toml b/crates/flex-app/Cargo.toml
index a11d96d..cf827f5 100644
--- a/crates/flex-app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/flex-app/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ anyhow = "1.0.104"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.45", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
 eframe = { version = "0.36", default-features = false, features = ["glow", "default_fonts"] }
 env_logger = "0.11.11"
-flex-core = { version = "0.16.0", path = "../flex-core" }
-flex-plugin = { version = "0.16.0", path = "../flex-plugin" }
-flex-web = { version = "0.16.0", path = "../flex-web" }
+flex-core = { version = "0.16.1", path = "../flex-core" }
+flex-plugin = { version = "0.16.1", path = "../flex-plugin" }
+flex-web = { version = "0.16.1", path = "../flex-web" }
 image = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = ["jpeg", "png", "webp"] }
 libloading = "0.9"
 log = "0.4.34"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ureq = "3"
 winit = { version = "0.30", default-features = false }
 
 [target."cfg(windows)".dependencies]
-windows-sys = { version = "0.61.2", features = ["Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging", "Win32_UI_Input_KeyboardAndMouse", "Win32_Foundation", "Win32_Storage_FileSystem", "Win32_UI_Input", "Win32_System_Diagnostics_Debug", "Win32_System_Kernel", "Win32_System_LibraryLoader", "Win32_System_Com", "Win32_System_Registry", "Win32_System_Threading"] }
+windows-sys = { version = "0.61.2", features = ["Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging", "Win32_UI_Input_KeyboardAndMouse", "Win32_Foundation", "Win32_Storage_FileSystem", "Win32_UI_Input", "Win32_System_Diagnostics_Debug", "Win32_System_Kernel", "Win32_System_LibraryLoader", "Win32_System_Com", "Win32_System_Registry", "Win32_System_Threading", "Win32_System_Power"] }
 
 [target."cfg(target_os = \"linux\")".dependencies]
 # Remote buttons egui doesn't report (media keys), read from /dev/input.
diff --git a/crates/flex-app/src/awake.rs b/crates/flex-app/src/awake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8f576f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/flex-app/src/awake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+//! Keeps the computer from sleeping while something plays. mpv would do this for its own
+//! window, but Flex draws mpv's picture itself, so it has to ask for itself.
+
+/// What playback needs kept on.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
+pub enum Need {
+    /// A video: the screen and the computer.
+    Screen,
+    /// Music: only the computer; the screen may go off.
+    System,
+}
+
+/// Holds the request while playback needs it. Dropping it lets the computer sleep again.
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct KeepAwake {
+    held: Option<(Need, imp::Hold)>,
+    failed: bool,
+}
+
+impl KeepAwake {
+    /// Asks for `need` (or lets go with `None`); only does anything when it changes.
+    pub fn set(&mut self, need: Option<Need>) {
+        if self.held.as_ref().map(|(n, _)| *n) == need {
+            return;
+        }
+        // Let go of the old one first: on Windows they're the same switch.
+        self.held = None;
+        let Some(need) = need else { return };
+        match imp::Hold::new(need) {
+            Ok(hold) => self.held = Some((need, hold)),
+            // Once is enough in the log; this runs at every play and pause.
+            Err(e) if !self.failed => {
+                self.failed = true;
+                log::warn!("couldn't keep the computer awake while playing: {e}");
+            }
+            Err(_) => {}
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+mod imp {
+    use super::Need;
+    use windows_sys::Win32::System::Power::{ES_CONTINUOUS, ES_DISPLAY_REQUIRED, ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED, SetThreadExecutionState};
+
+    /// Windows' own setting for media players. It belongs to the thread that set it, which
+    /// is always Flex's UI thread.
+    pub struct Hold;
+
+    impl Hold {
+        pub fn new(need: Need) -> Result<Self, String> {
+            let display = if need == Need::Screen { ES_DISPLAY_REQUIRED } else { 0 };
+            let previous = unsafe { SetThreadExecutionState(ES_CONTINUOUS | ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED | display) };
+            if previous == 0 { Err("Windows refused".into()) } else { Ok(Hold) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Drop for Hold {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            unsafe { SetThreadExecutionState(ES_CONTINUOUS) };
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+mod imp {
+    use super::Need;
+    use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
+
+    /// A helper that holds the request for as long as it runs: macOS's `caffeinate`, or
+    /// systemd's `systemd-inhibit` elsewhere.
+    pub struct Hold(Child);
+
+    impl Hold {
+        pub fn new(need: Need) -> Result<Self, String> {
+            let mut cmd = command(need);
+            // If Flex dies without stopping it, the helper goes too: `caffeinate -w` watches
+            // Flex, and `cat` ends when Flex's end of its stdin closes.
+            cmd.stdin(Stdio::piped()).stdout(Stdio::null()).stderr(Stdio::null());
+            let name = cmd.get_program().to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+            cmd.spawn().map(Hold).map_err(|e| format!("{name}: {e}"))
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    fn command(need: Need) -> Command {
+        let mut cmd = Command::new("caffeinate");
+        cmd.arg(if need == Need::Screen { "-di" } else { "-i" }).args(["-w", &std::process::id().to_string()]);
+        cmd
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+    fn command(need: Need) -> Command {
+        // "idle" also stops logind blanking the screen; music only needs "sleep".
+        let what = if need == Need::Screen { "idle:sleep" } else { "sleep" };
+        let mut cmd = Command::new("systemd-inhibit");
+        cmd.args([&format!("--what={what}"), "--who=Flex", "--why=Playing", "--mode=block", "cat"]);
+        cmd
+    }
+
+    impl Drop for Hold {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            let _ = self.0.kill();
+            let _ = self.0.wait();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/flex-app/src/main.rs b/crates/flex-app/src/main.rs
index 68731fd..8199004 100644
--- a/crates/flex-app/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/flex-app/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 mod ambient;
 mod app;
+mod awake;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 mod autostart;
 mod images;
diff --git a/crates/flex-app/src/shared.rs b/crates/flex-app/src/shared.rs
index 9cd5794..d0cefc6 100644
--- a/crates/flex-app/src/shared.rs
+++ b/crates/flex-app/src/shared.rs
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ pub struct Shared {
     playback_sent: Option<Playback>,
     /// The latest playback seen (with its library file), for where a stop happened.
     playback_last: Option<(Playback, Option<(i64, i64)>)>,
+    /// Stops the computer sleeping while something plays.
+    awake: crate::awake::KeepAwake,
     pub youtube: crate::youtube::YouTube,
     /// Bumped when something is removed from Continue Watching, so Home refreshes.
     pub continue_version: u64,
@@ -390,6 +392,7 @@ impl Shared {
             ambient,
             playback_sent: None,
             playback_last: None,
+            awake: Default::default(),
             youtube: crate::youtube::YouTube::new(ctx),
             continue_version: 0,
             sync: None,
@@ -1828,7 +1831,8 @@ impl Shared {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Handles plugin messages, tells plugins about playback and updates lights.
+    /// Handles plugin messages, tells plugins about playback, keeps the computer awake
+    /// while something plays and updates lights.
     /// `playing`: what the top screen is playing, if anything, and the library file.
     pub fn poll_plugins(&mut self, playing: Option<(Playback, Option<(i64, i64)>)>) {
         if let Some(web) = &self.web {
@@ -1842,6 +1846,10 @@ impl Shared {
             let youtube = self.youtube.tools.is_some() && self.youtube_enabled();
             web.set_status(flex_web::remote::Status { playing: now_playing, youtube });
         }
+        let need = playing.as_ref().filter(|(p, _)| p.state == PlaybackState::Playing).map(|(p, _)| {
+            if p.kind == "video" { crate::awake::Need::Screen } else { crate::awake::Need::System }
+        });
+        self.awake.set(need);
         let mut wait = self.plugins.poll(&self.db);
         let plugin_toasts = self.plugins.take_toasts();
         self.toasts.extend(plugin_toasts);
diff --git a/crates/flex-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/flex-core/Cargo.toml
index c7244b8..83b33fb 100644
--- a/crates/flex-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/flex-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.104"
 directories = "6.0.0"
-flex-plugin = { version = "0.16.0", path = "../flex-plugin" }
+flex-plugin = { version = "0.16.1", path = "../flex-plugin" }
 hunch = "2"
 lofty = "0.25.4"
 log = "0.4.34"
diff --git a/crates/flex-web/Cargo.toml b/crates/flex-web/Cargo.toml
index 75d2d9b..7e05202 100644
--- a/crates/flex-web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/flex-web/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.104"
 axum = "0.8.9"
-flex-core = { version = "0.16.0", path = "../flex-core" }
+flex-core = { version = "0.16.1", path = "../flex-core" }
 log = "0.4.34"
 serde = { version = "1.0.229", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.151"
diff --git a/plugins/anilist/Cargo.toml b/plugins/anilist/Cargo.toml
index 292ae11..fedb288 100644
--- a/plugins/anilist/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/anilist/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ license.workspace = true
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-flex-plugin = { version = "0.16.0", path = "../../crates/flex-plugin" }
+flex-plugin = { version = "0.16.1", path = "../../crates/flex-plugin" }
 ureq = { version = "3", features = ["json"] }
diff --git a/plugins/anilist/plugin.toml b/plugins/anilist/plugin.toml
index 002e9c2..0502cc4 100644
--- a/plugins/anilist/plugin.toml
+++ b/plugins/anilist/plugin.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "AniList"
 description = "Updates your AniList progress as you watch anime in Flex"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 command = "flex-anilist"
 subscribe = ["playback"]
 
diff --git a/plugins/lotus-lamp/Cargo.toml b/plugins/lotus-lamp/Cargo.toml
index 0ce99cf..f6da222 100644
--- a/plugins/lotus-lamp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/lotus-lamp/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ license.workspace = true
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-flex-plugin = { version = "0.16.0", path = "../../crates/flex-plugin" }
+flex-plugin = { version = "0.16.1", path = "../../crates/flex-plugin" }
 lotus-lamp = { git = "https://github.com/bombpersons/lotus-lamp-rs", rev = "59cf5ccaa0007f006f1812fd02cc5991aff11e72" }
 tokio = { version = "1.53.2", features = ["rt", "time", "sync", "macros"] }
diff --git a/plugins/lotus-lamp/plugin.toml b/plugins/lotus-lamp/plugin.toml
index e712c4f..0d4d655 100644
--- a/plugins/lotus-lamp/plugin.toml
+++ b/plugins/lotus-lamp/plugin.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "LED strip (Lotus Lamp)"
 description = "Lights a Bluetooth LED strip behind the TV with the colours on screen"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 command = "flex-lotus-lamp"
 subscribe = ["light"]
 
diff --git a/plugins/trakt/Cargo.toml b/plugins/trakt/Cargo.toml
index 27235c4..dc0cbd1 100644
--- a/plugins/trakt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/trakt/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ license.workspace = true
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-flex-plugin = { version = "0.16.0", path = "../../crates/flex-plugin" }
+flex-plugin = { version = "0.16.1", path = "../../crates/flex-plugin" }
 ureq = { version = "3", features = ["json"] }
diff --git a/plugins/trakt/plugin.toml b/plugins/trakt/plugin.toml
index 9e5fcba..93e9c1d 100644
--- a/plugins/trakt/plugin.toml
+++ b/plugins/trakt/plugin.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "Trakt"
 description = "Keeps your Trakt history up to date with what you watch in Flex"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 command = "flex-trakt"
 subscribe = ["playback"]