diff --git a/apps/stlap/ChangeLog b/apps/stlap/ChangeLog
index 35ba8b130..0c21e6efd 100644
--- a/apps/stlap/ChangeLog
+++ b/apps/stlap/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 0.01: New app!
 0.02: Bug fixes
-0.03: Submitted to the app loader
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+0.03: Submitted to the app loader
+0.04: Reduce battery consumption when the user's not looking
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diff --git a/apps/stlap/app.js b/apps/stlap/app.js
index 0bd18311f..ad5463180 100644
--- a/apps/stlap/app.js
+++ b/apps/stlap/app.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const BUTTON_ICONS = {
   reset: heatshrink.decompress(atob("jEYwMA/4BB/+BAQPDAQPnAQIAKv///0///8j///EP//wAQQICBwQUCEhgyCHAQ+CIgI="))
 };
 
-let state = storage.readJSON(STATE_PATH);
+let state = storage.readJSON(STATE_PATH, 1);
 const STATE_DEFAULT = {
   wasRunning: false,              //If the stopwatch was ever running since being reset
   sessionStart: 0,                //When the stopwatch was first started
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ function firstTimeStart(now, time) {
     elapsedTime: 0,
   };
   lapFile = 'stlap-' + state.sessionStart + '.json';
-  setupTimerInterval();
+  setupTimerIntervalFast();
   Bangle.buzz(200);
   drawButtons();
 }
@@ -201,13 +201,15 @@ function start(now, time) {
   state.elapsedTime += (state.pausedTime - state.startTime);
   state.startTime = now;
   state.running = true;
-  setupTimerInterval();
+  setupTimerIntervalFast();
   Bangle.buzz(200);
   drawTime();
   drawButtons();
 }
 
 Bangle.on("touch", (button, xy) => {
+  setupTimerIntervalFast();
+
   //In gesture mode, just turn on the light and then return
   if (gestureMode) {
     Bangle.setLCDPower(true);
@@ -242,6 +244,8 @@ Bangle.on("touch", (button, xy) => {
 });
 
 Bangle.on('swipe', direction => {
+  setupTimerIntervalFast();
+
   let now = (new Date()).getTime();
   let time = getTime();
 
@@ -272,12 +276,23 @@ setWatch(() => {
 }, BTN1, { repeat: true });
 
 let timerInterval;
+let userWatching = false;
+
+function setupTimerIntervalFast() {
+  userWatching = true;
+  setupTimerInterval();
+
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    userWatching = false;
+    setupTimerInterval();
+  }, 5000);
+}
 
 function setupTimerInterval() {
   if (timerInterval !== undefined) {
     clearInterval(timerInterval);
   }
-  timerInterval = setInterval(drawTime, 10);
+  timerInterval = setInterval(drawTime, userWatching ? 10 : 1000);
 }
 
 function stopTimerInterval() {
@@ -289,7 +304,7 @@ function stopTimerInterval() {
 
 drawTime();
 if (state.running) {
-  setupTimerInterval();
+  setupTimerIntervalFast();
 }
 
 //Save our state when the app is closed
@@ -300,5 +315,8 @@ E.on('kill', () => {
   }
 });
 
+// change interval depending of whether the user's looking
+Bangle.on("twist", setupTimerIntervalFast);
+
 Bangle.loadWidgets();
 Bangle.drawWidgets();
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diff --git a/apps/stlap/metadata.json b/apps/stlap/metadata.json
index 1ecdc5b6e..ac846dfd7 100644
--- a/apps/stlap/metadata.json
+++ b/apps/stlap/metadata.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "stlap",
   "name": "Stopwatch",
-  "version": "0.03",
+  "version": "0.04",
   "description": "A stopwatch that remembers its state, with a lap timer and a gesture mode (enable by swiping)",
   "icon": "icon.png",
   "type": "app",
@@ -20,5 +20,9 @@
       "url": "icon.js",
       "evaluate": true
     }
+  ],
+  "data": [
+    {"name":"stlap.state.json"},
+    {"wildcard":"stlap-*.json"}
   ]
 }
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