diff --git a/res/layouts/pages/pause.xml b/res/layouts/pages/pause.xml
index 3e4427cae..fb26968ca 100644
--- a/res/layouts/pages/pause.xml
+++ b/res/layouts/pages/pause.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <panel size='400' color='0' interval='1' context='menu'>
-    <button onclick='menu:reset()'>@Continue</button>
+    <button onclick='gui.close_menu()'>@Continue</button>
     <button onclick='menu.page="content?mode=world"'>@Content</button>
     <button onclick='menu.page="settings"'>@Settings</button>
     <button onclick='app.close_world(true)'>
diff --git a/res/scripts/stdlib.lua b/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
index 5b7cb8fd7..2fb5c1d71 100644
--- a/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
+++ b/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
@@ -234,6 +234,13 @@ menu = _MENU
 gui.root = _GUI_ROOT
 gui.main_frame_id = "core:main"
 
+function gui.close_menu()
+    if menu then
+        menu:reset()
+    end
+    gui.set_active_frame("")
+end
+
 local __gui_create_frame = gui.create_frame
 function gui.create_frame(id, output, size)
     __gui_create_frame(id, output, size)