diff --git a/js/dbusServices/screensaver/screenSaverService.js b/js/dbusServices/screensaver/screenSaverService.js
index 571e64e50..bd3687ef6 100644
--- a/js/dbusServices/screensaver/screenSaverService.js
+++ b/js/dbusServices/screensaver/screenSaverService.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ var ScreenSaverService = class extends ServiceImplementation {
     constructor() {
         super(ScreenSaverIface, '/org/gnome/ScreenSaver');
 
+        this._autoShutdown = false;
+
         this._proxy = new ScreenSaverProxy(Gio.DBus.session,
             'org.gnome.Shell.ScreenShield',
             '/org/gnome/ScreenSaver',