diff --git a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
index 94137806..9766267a 100644
--- a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
+++ b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
@@ -1557,6 +1557,11 @@ msgctxt "#39064"
 msgid "Recently Added: Also show already watched episodes"
 msgstr ""
 
+# PKC settings, Appearance Tweaks
+msgctxt "#39065"
+msgid "Force-refresh Kodi skin on stopping playback"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgctxt "#39066"
 msgid "Recently Added: Also show already watched movies (Refresh Plex playlist/nodes!)"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/resources/lib/initialsetup.py b/resources/lib/initialsetup.py
index 34544c47..279a4991 100644
--- a/resources/lib/initialsetup.py
+++ b/resources/lib/initialsetup.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ def reload_pkc():
     state.REMAP_PATH = settings('remapSMB') == 'true'
     state.KODI_PLEX_TIME_OFFSET = float(settings('kodiplextimeoffset'))
     state.FETCH_PMS_ITEM_NUMBER = settings('fetch_pms_item_number')
+    state.FORCE_RELOAD_SKIN = settings('forceReloadSkin') == 'true'
     # Init some Queues()
     state.COMMAND_PIPELINE_QUEUE = Queue()
     state.COMPANION_QUEUE = Queue(maxsize=100)
diff --git a/resources/lib/kodimonitor.py b/resources/lib/kodimonitor.py
index 4ee9cb37..0109b2e0 100644
--- a/resources/lib/kodimonitor.py
+++ b/resources/lib/kodimonitor.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ STATE_SETTINGS = {
     'remapSMBphotoOrg': 'remapSMBphotoOrg',
     'remapSMBphotoNew': 'remapSMBphotoNew',
     'enableMusic': 'ENABLE_MUSIC',
+    'forceReloadSkin': 'FORCE_RELOAD_SKIN',
     'fetch_pms_item_number': 'FETCH_PMS_ITEM_NUMBER'
 }
 
diff --git a/resources/lib/player.py b/resources/lib/player.py
index 43f772e8..a895577d 100644
--- a/resources/lib/player.py
+++ b/resources/lib/player.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from logging import getLogger
 import copy
 
-from xbmc import Player
+import xbmc
 
 import kodidb_functions as kodidb
 import plexdb_functions as plexdb
@@ -104,11 +104,16 @@ def _record_playstate(status, ended):
                              totaltime,
                              playcount,
                              last_played)
+    # Hack to force "in progress" widget to appear if it wasn't visible before
+    if (state.FORCE_RELOAD_SKIN and
+            xbmc.getCondVisibility('Window.IsVisible(Home.xml)')):
+        LOG.debug('Refreshing skin to update widgets')
+        xbmc.executebuiltin('ReloadSkin()')
 
 
-class PKC_Player(Player):
+class PKC_Player(xbmc.Player):
     def __init__(self):
-        Player.__init__(self)
+        xbmc.Player.__init__(self)
         LOG.info("Started playback monitor.")
 
     def onPlayBackStarted(self):
diff --git a/resources/lib/state.py b/resources/lib/state.py
index b35cd5e7..3cdfa910 100644
--- a/resources/lib/state.py
+++ b/resources/lib/state.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ INDICATE_MEDIA_VERSIONS = False
 RUN_LIB_SCAN = None
 # Number of items to fetch and display in widgets
 FETCH_PMS_ITEM_NUMBER = None
+# Hack to force Kodi widget for "in progress" to show up if it was empty before
+FORCE_RELOAD_SKIN = True
 
 # Stemming from the PKC settings.xml
 # Shall we show Kodi dialogs when synching?
diff --git a/resources/settings.xml b/resources/settings.xml
index 0ef67089..953e6288 100644
--- a/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/resources/settings.xml
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 
 	<category label="39073"><!-- Appearance Tweaks -->
 		<setting id="fetch_pms_item_number" label="39077" type="number" default="25" option="int" />
+        <setting id="forceReloadSkin" type="bool" label="39065" default="true" /><!-- Force-refresh Kodi skin on stopping playback -->
 		<setting type="lsep" label="39074" /><!-- TV Shows -->
 		<setting id="OnDeckTVextended" type="bool" label="39058" default="true" /><!-- Extend Plex TV Series "On Deck" view to all shows -->
 		<setting id="OnDeckTvAppendShow" type="bool" label="39047" default="false" /><!--On Deck view: Append show title to episode-->