diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/AuxioService.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/AuxioService.kt
index 0b092a468..e0d6c7def 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/AuxioService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/AuxioService.kt
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ class AuxioService :
             }
             // Nothing changed, but don't show anything music related since we can always
             // index during playback.
+            isForeground = true
         } else {
             musicFragment.createNotification {
                 if (it != null) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/tasker/Start.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/tasker/Start.kt
index 5381b3383..7372bde56 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/tasker/Start.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/oxycblt/auxio/tasker/Start.kt
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ class StartActionRunner : TaskerPluginRunnerActionNoOutputOrInput() {
         while (!AuxioService.isForeground) {
             Thread.sleep(100)
         }
+        // Actually need to sleep even longer since for some reason the notification still
+        // won't accept media button events for an arbitrary period.
+        Thread.sleep(100)
         return TaskerPluginResultSucess()
     }
 }