It is presented a method executed in a streaming media receiver, the streaming media receiver comprising native software and web software for executing a web application. The method comprising the steps of: receiving, in an active web application running in the web software, a message indicating that the streaming media receiver is to be put in a passive standby mode; sending, from the active web application, a message to the native software indicating when the active web application is to be reinstated; setting, from the native software, a timer with the time of when the web application is to be reinstated; setting the streaming media receiver in a passive standby mode; receiving, in the native software, a signal that the timer has expired; setting the streaming media receiver in an active standby mode; and sending, from the native software, a message to the web application that the timer has expired.