diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
index 5236cd538a..fde7a63dbb 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,20 @@
 
 namespace MWLua
 {
+    namespace
+    {
+        struct AllowSaving
+        {
+            bool& mAllowSaving;
+            AllowSaving(bool& allowSaving)
+                : mAllowSaving(allowSaving)
+            {
+                mAllowSaving = true;
+            }
+
+            ~AllowSaving() { mAllowSaving = false; }
+        };
+    }
 
     static LuaUtil::LuaStateSettings createLuaStateSettings()
     {
@@ -264,6 +278,7 @@ namespace MWLua
             // can teleport the player to the starting location before the first frame is rendered.
             mGlobalScripts.newGameStarted();
         }
+        AllowSaving savingGuard(mAllowSaving);
 
         // We apply input events in `synchronizedUpdate` rather than in `update` in order to reduce input latency.
         mProcessingInputEvents = true;
@@ -316,8 +331,6 @@ namespace MWLua
 
     void LuaManager::applyDelayedActions()
     {
-        if (mApplyingDelayedActions)
-            return;
         mApplyingDelayedActions = true;
         for (DelayedAction& action : mActionQueue)
             action.apply();
@@ -326,9 +339,6 @@ namespace MWLua
         if (mTeleportPlayerAction)
             mTeleportPlayerAction->apply();
         mTeleportPlayerAction.reset();
-        for (DelayedAction& action : mSaveActionQueue)
-            action.apply();
-        mSaveActionQueue.clear();
         mApplyingDelayedActions = false;
     }
 
@@ -829,11 +839,6 @@ namespace MWLua
         mTeleportPlayerAction = DelayedAction(&mLua, std::move(action), "TeleportPlayer");
     }
 
-    void LuaManager::addSaveGameAction(std::function<void()> action)
-    {
-        mSaveActionQueue.emplace_back(&mLua, std::move(action), "SaveGame");
-    }
-
     void LuaManager::reportStats(unsigned int frameNumber, osg::Stats& stats) const
     {
         stats.setAttribute(frameNumber, "Lua UsedMemory", mLua.getTotalMemoryUsage());
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
index 9386ce0499..62d0de8f06 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ namespace MWLua
         // OSG Cull), so we need to queue it and apply from the main thread.
         void addAction(std::function<void()> action, std::string_view name = {});
         void addTeleportPlayerAction(std::function<void()> action);
-        void addSaveGameAction(std::function<void()> action);
 
         // Saving
         void write(ESM::ESMWriter& writer, Loading::Listener& progress) override;
@@ -175,6 +174,8 @@ namespace MWLua
         void sendLocalEvent(
             const MWWorld::Ptr& target, const std::string& name, const std::optional<sol::table>& data = std::nullopt);
 
+        bool savingAllowed() const { return mAllowSaving; }
+
     private:
         void initConfiguration();
         LocalScripts* createLocalScripts(const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr,
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ namespace MWLua
         bool mApplyingDelayedActions = false;
         bool mNewGameStarted = false;
         bool mReloadAllScriptsRequested = false;
+        bool mAllowSaving = false;
         LuaUtil::ScriptsConfiguration mConfiguration;
         LuaUtil::LuaState mLua;
         LuaUi::ResourceManager mUiResourceManager;
@@ -235,7 +237,6 @@ namespace MWLua
         };
         std::vector<DelayedAction> mActionQueue;
         std::optional<DelayedAction> mTeleportPlayerAction;
-        std::vector<DelayedAction> mSaveActionQueue;
         std::vector<std::pair<std::string, MWGui::ShowInDialogueMode>> mUIMessages;
         std::vector<std::pair<std::string, Misc::Color>> mInGameConsoleMessages;
         std::optional<ObjectId> mDelayedUiModeChangedArg;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/menuscripts.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/menuscripts.cpp
index 81f20af955..528e742c17 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/menuscripts.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/menuscripts.cpp
@@ -73,16 +73,15 @@ namespace MWLua
                 return sol::nullopt;
         };
 
-        api["saveGame"] = [context](std::string description, sol::optional<std::string> slotName) {
-            context.mLuaManager->addSaveGameAction(
-                [description = std::move(description), slotName = std::move(slotName)]() {
-                    MWBase::StateManager* manager = MWBase::Environment::get().getStateManager();
-                    const MWState::Character* character = manager->getCurrentCharacter();
-                    const MWState::Slot* slot = nullptr;
-                    if (slotName)
-                        slot = findSlot(character, *slotName);
-                    manager->saveGame(description, slot);
-                });
+        api["saveGame"] = [context](std::string_view description, sol::optional<std::string_view> slotName) {
+            if (!context.mLuaManager->savingAllowed())
+                throw std::runtime_error("The game cannot be saved at the moment");
+            MWBase::StateManager* manager = MWBase::Environment::get().getStateManager();
+            const MWState::Character* character = manager->getCurrentCharacter();
+            const MWState::Slot* slot = nullptr;
+            if (slotName)
+                slot = findSlot(character, *slotName);
+            manager->saveGame(description, slot);
         };
 
         auto getSaves = [](sol::state_view currentState, const MWState::Character& character) {
diff --git a/components/lua/scriptscontainer.cpp b/components/lua/scriptscontainer.cpp
index f5b5605e37..36bdbca8b1 100644
--- a/components/lua/scriptscontainer.cpp
+++ b/components/lua/scriptscontainer.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace LuaUtil
         }
     }
 
-    void ScriptsContainer::printError(int scriptId, std::string_view msg, const std::exception& e)
+    void ScriptsContainer::printError(int scriptId, std::string_view msg, const std::exception& e) const
     {
         Log(Debug::Error) << mNamePrefix << "[" << scriptPath(scriptId) << "] " << msg << ": " << e.what();
     }
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ namespace LuaUtil
 
     void ScriptsContainer::save(ESM::LuaScripts& data)
     {
-        if (UnloadedData* unloadedData = std::get_if<UnloadedData>(&mData))
+        if (const UnloadedData* unloadedData = std::get_if<UnloadedData>(&mData))
         {
             data.mScripts = unloadedData->mScripts;
             return;
diff --git a/components/lua/scriptscontainer.hpp b/components/lua/scriptscontainer.hpp
index 8eaaf2955f..275c300ac9 100644
--- a/components/lua/scriptscontainer.hpp
+++ b/components/lua/scriptscontainer.hpp
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ namespace LuaUtil
         // Returns script by id (throws an exception if doesn't exist)
         Script& getScript(int scriptId);
 
-        void printError(int scriptId, std::string_view msg, const std::exception& e);
+        void printError(int scriptId, std::string_view msg, const std::exception& e) const;
 
         const VFS::Path::Normalized& scriptPath(int scriptId) const
         {