diff --git a/Server/Persistence/DualSaveStrategy.cs b/Server/Persistence/DualSaveStrategy.cs
index c9a4c9ae6..1cc74e53c 100644
--- a/Server/Persistence/DualSaveStrategy.cs
+++ b/Server/Persistence/DualSaveStrategy.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace Server {
 
 			saveThread.Join();
 
-			if (UseSequentialWriters)
+			if (permitBackgroundWrite && UseSequentialWriters)	//If we're permitted to write in the background, but we don't anyways, then notify.
 				World.NotifyDiskWriteComplete();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/Server/Persistence/StandardSaveStrategy.cs b/Server/Persistence/StandardSaveStrategy.cs
index 134020722..4d1e380fc 100644
--- a/Server/Persistence/StandardSaveStrategy.cs
+++ b/Server/Persistence/StandardSaveStrategy.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace Server {
 			SaveItems(metrics);
 			SaveGuilds(metrics);
 
-			if (UseSequentialWriters)
+			if (permitBackgroundWrite && UseSequentialWriters)	//If we're permitted to write in the background, but we don't anyways, then notify.
 				World.NotifyDiskWriteComplete();
 		}