diff --git a/apps/runplus/ChangeLog b/apps/runplus/ChangeLog
index 8c192de4f..c50ee800f 100644
--- a/apps/runplus/ChangeLog
+++ b/apps/runplus/ChangeLog
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ Write to correct settings file, fixing settings not working.
 0.29: Optimise UI: only redraw if we showed a recorder menu and correctly
 	track screen state
 0.30: Change the "time" stat to show active time (duration) rather than
-	elapsed time (fix #3802)
+	elapsed time (fix #3802), and sync with recorder on load
diff --git a/apps/runplus/app.js b/apps/runplus/app.js
index aa2e5f0d3..a35d0cc5e 100644
--- a/apps/runplus/app.js
+++ b/apps/runplus/app.js
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ let statIDs = [settings.B1,settings.B2,settings.B3,settings.B4,settings.B5,setti
 let exs = ExStats.getStats(statIDs, settings);
 // ---------------------------
 
+// handle the case where we were stopped outside of the app
+if(exs.state.active && settings.record && require("recorder") && !require("recorder").isRecording()){
+  exs.stop();
+}
+
 function setStatus(running) {
   layout.button.label = running ? "STOP" : "START";
   layout.status.label = running ? "RUN" : "STOP";