diff --git a/lib/ui/views/navigation/navigation_viewmodel.dart b/lib/ui/views/navigation/navigation_viewmodel.dart
index 1226bcfd..614eb18c 100644
--- a/lib/ui/views/navigation/navigation_viewmodel.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/views/navigation/navigation_viewmodel.dart
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class NavigationViewModel extends IndexTrackingViewModel {
     }
     RootAPI().hasRootPermissions();
     Permission.requestInstallPackages.request();
+    Permission.ignoreBatteryOptimizations.request();
   }
 
   Widget getViewForIndex(int index) {