fix chrome tabs being unresponsive after break

[BenediktAllendorf]

Issue: closes #783

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Description of the Change

Fixed the issue of chrome and edge tabs being non-responsive when resuming after a break.

Other information

Not sure if this is an electron or chrome/edge bug and this feels more a workaround than a real fix.

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Codecov Report

Merging #793 (908e35c) into master (d81c008) will not change coverage.
The diff coverage is n/a.

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[hovancik]

Works fine on Linux :)

[hovancik]

Seems to be fine on mac as well..