diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
index a4a1142073..90aa7e5c44 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@ open class UncivGame(val isConsoleMode: Boolean = false) : Game(), PlatformSpeci
         val curGameInfo = gameInfo
         if (curGameInfo != null) files.requestAutoSave(curGameInfo)
         if (::musicController.isInitialized) musicController.pause()
+        // We stop the *in-game* multiplayer update, so that when we resume(), it doesn't keep working and A. we'll have errors and B. we'll have multiple updaters active
+        if (::onlineMultiplayer.isInitialized) onlineMultiplayer.multiplayerGameUpdater.cancel()
         super.pause()
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/multiplayer/OnlineMultiplayer.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/multiplayer/OnlineMultiplayer.kt
index fc54c598d6..ba01564497 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/multiplayer/OnlineMultiplayer.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/multiplayer/OnlineMultiplayer.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import com.unciv.utils.debug
 import com.unciv.utils.launchOnThreadPool
 import com.unciv.utils.withGLContext
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
 import kotlinx.coroutines.coroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flow
@@ -51,9 +52,15 @@ class OnlineMultiplayer {
     private val lastCurGameRefresh: AtomicReference<Instant?> = AtomicReference()
 
     val games: Set<OnlineMultiplayerGame> get() = savedGames.values.toSet()
+    val multiplayerGameUpdater: Job
 
     init {
-        flow<Unit> {
+        /** We have 2 'async processes' that update the multiplayer games:
+         * A. This one, which as part of *this process* runs refreshes for all OS's
+         * B. MultiplayerTurnCheckWorker, which *as an Android worker* runs refreshes *even when the game is closed*.
+         *    Only for Android, obviously
+         */
+        multiplayerGameUpdater = flow<Unit> {
             while (true) {
                 delay(500)
 
@@ -134,8 +141,7 @@ class OnlineMultiplayer {
      */
     suspend fun addGame(gameId: String, gameName: String? = null) {
         val saveFileName = if (gameName.isNullOrBlank()) gameId else gameName
-        var gamePreview: GameInfoPreview
-        gamePreview = try {
+        val gamePreview: GameInfoPreview = try {
             multiplayerServer.tryDownloadGamePreview(gameId)
         } catch (_: MultiplayerFileNotFoundException) {
             // Game is so old that a preview could not be found on dropbox lets try the real gameInfo instead