diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index f14cea6a..0816c336 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ error_code::Value main(int argc, char** argv)
     pargv[i] = winArgStrs.back().get();
   }
 
+  SetThreadExecutionState(ES_CONTINUOUS | ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED);
+
   Context context(true, winArgc, pargv.get(), KeyVals());
+
+  SetThreadExecutionState(ES_CONTINUOUS);
 #else  // !__MINGW32__
   Context context(true, argc, argv, KeyVals());
 #endif // !__MINGW32__