diff --git a/atom/browser/osr_render_widget_host_view.cc b/atom/browser/osr_render_widget_host_view.cc
index 3d6b664b9c6f..8339f39dc4bd 100644
--- a/atom/browser/osr_render_widget_host_view.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/osr_render_widget_host_view.cc
@@ -431,11 +431,6 @@ void OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::SendBeginFrame(base::TimeTicks frame_time,
                                  vsync_period, cc::BeginFrameArgs::NORMAL)));
 }
 
-void OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::SetPaintCallback(
-    const OnPaintCallback* callback) {
-  callback_ = callback;
-}
-
 bool OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::OnMessageReceived(
     const IPC::Message& message) {
   bool handled = true;
@@ -450,6 +445,11 @@ bool OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::OnMessageReceived(
   return handled;
 }
 
+void OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::SetPaintCallback(
+    const OnPaintCallback* callback) {
+  callback_ = callback;
+}
+
 void OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::InitAsChild(gfx::NativeView) {
 }
 
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ void OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::Focus() {
 }
 
 bool OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::HasFocus() const {
-  return false;
+  return true;
 }
 
 bool OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::IsSurfaceAvailableForCopy() const {
@@ -554,8 +554,8 @@ void OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::OnSwapCompositorFrame(
   TRACE_EVENT0("electron",
     "OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::OnSwapCompositorFrame");
 
-  if (!painting_)
-    return;
+  // if (!painting_)
+  //   return;
 
   if (frame->metadata.root_scroll_offset != last_scroll_offset_) {
     last_scroll_offset_ = frame->metadata.root_scroll_offset;
@@ -585,7 +585,8 @@ void OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::OnSwapCompositorFrame(
       delegated_frame_host_->SwapDelegatedFrame(output_surface_id,
                                                 std::move(frame));
 
-      copy_frame_generator_->GenerateCopyFrame(true, damage_rect);
+      if (painting_)
+        copy_frame_generator_->GenerateCopyFrame(true, damage_rect);
     }
   }
 }
@@ -782,7 +783,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<cc::SoftwareOutputDevice>
 void OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::OnSetNeedsBeginFrames(bool enabled) {
   SetupFrameRate(false);
 
-  begin_frame_timer_->SetActive(painting_ && enabled);
+  begin_frame_timer_->SetActive(enabled);
 
   if (software_output_device_) {
     software_output_device_->SetActive(enabled);
@@ -836,10 +837,6 @@ void OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::OnPaint(
 void OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::SetPainting(bool painting) {
   painting_ = painting;
 
-  if (begin_frame_timer_.get()) {
-    begin_frame_timer_->SetActive(painting);
-  }
-
   if (software_output_device_) {
     software_output_device_->SetActive(painting);
   }
diff --git a/default_app/default_app.js b/default_app/default_app.js
index ec6e901bf5f4..74c957b7e7f6 100644
--- a/default_app/default_app.js
+++ b/default_app/default_app.js
@@ -16,18 +16,21 @@ exports.load = (appUrl) => {
     mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
       width: 800,
       height: 600,
+      show: false,
       autoHideMenuBar: true,
       backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF',
       useContentSize: true,
       webPreferences: {
         offscreen: true,
-        nodeIntegration: false
+        nodeIntegration: false,
+        backgroundThrottling: false
       }
     })
-    mainWindow.loadURL('file:///Volumes/Elements/dev/electron/spec/fixtures/api/offscreen-rendering.html')
+    mainWindow.loadURL(appUrl)
     mainWindow.focus()
 
     mainWindow.webContents.on('dom-ready', () => {
+      mainWindow.webContents.setFrameRate(10)
       let ping = true
       setInterval(() => {
         if (ping) {