diff --git a/lib/game/game.dart b/lib/game/game.dart
index 628bb48..06047da 100644
--- a/lib/game/game.dart
+++ b/lib/game/game.dart
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ class SpacescapeGame extends FlameGame
       case AppLifecycleState.inactive:
       case AppLifecycleState.paused:
       case AppLifecycleState.detached:
+      case AppLifecycleState.hidden:
         if (_player.health > 0) {
           pauseEngine();
           overlays.remove(PauseButton.id);
diff --git a/lib/screens/game_play.dart b/lib/screens/game_play.dart
index 943b4cf..1de7463 100644
--- a/lib/screens/game_play.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/game_play.dart
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ class GamePlay extends StatelessWidget {
       // WillPopScope provides us a way to decide if
       // this widget should be poped or not when user
       // presses the back button.
-      body: WillPopScope(
-        onWillPop: () async => false,
+      body: PopScope(
+        canPop: false,
         // GameWidget is useful to inject the underlying
         // widget of any class extending from Flame's Game class.
         child: GameWidget(