diff --git a/main/gui/source/window/win_window.cpp b/main/gui/source/window/win_window.cpp
index a4c1bbec1..74e0959bb 100644
--- a/main/gui/source/window/win_window.cpp
+++ b/main/gui/source/window/win_window.cpp
@@ -518,6 +518,9 @@ namespace hex {
                     EventFileDropped::post(reinterpret_cast<const char8_t *>(paths[i]));
                 }
             });
+            EventFileDropped::subscribe([this] {
+                this->unlockFrameRate();
+            });
         }
 
         bool borderlessWindowMode = ImHexApi::System::isBorderlessWindowModeEnabled();
diff --git a/main/gui/source/window/window.cpp b/main/gui/source/window/window.cpp
index e0469cb9c..0e0c4c768 100644
--- a/main/gui/source/window/window.cpp
+++ b/main/gui/source/window/window.cpp
@@ -329,6 +329,11 @@ namespace hex {
             // Unlock frame rate if there's more than one viewport since these don't call the glfw callbacks registered here
             if (ImGui::GetPlatformIO().Viewports.size() > 1)
                 this->unlockFrameRate();
+
+            // Unlock frame rate if there's any task running that shows a loading animation
+            if (TaskManager::getRunningTaskCount() > 0 || TaskManager::getRunningBlockingTaskCount() > 0) {
+                this->unlockFrameRate();
+            }
         }
 
         // Hide the window as soon as the render loop exits to make the window