diff --git a/src/app_sweep.cpp b/src/app_sweep.cpp
index 1fdbf24..052f560 100644
--- a/src/app_sweep.cpp
+++ b/src/app_sweep.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 #include "util/platform.h"
 #include "wallet/wallet_capabilities.h"
 
+#include "imgui.h"
+#include "imgui_internal.h"   // ClosePopupToLevel / OpenPopupStack — flush stuck popups after teardown
+
 #include <sodium.h>
 
 #include <cmath>
@@ -465,6 +468,15 @@ void App::onScreenshotCaptured()
 
     { const SweepTarget& t = sweep_targets_[sweep_target_idx_]; if (t.teardown) t.teardown(*this); }
 
+    // Some surfaces leave an ImGui popup open (e.g. the send-confirm dialog calls OpenPopup but is
+    // torn down by just clearing its flag). The headless sweep never clicks, so ImGui's normal
+    // click-to-dismiss cleanup never runs and the popup lingers on the stack — which keeps
+    // IsPopupOpen(AnyPopup) true forever and disables the smooth-scroll wheel capture on
+    // Settings/Explorer/Console (draw_helpers::ApplySmoothScroll). Flush any lingering popup here so
+    // it can't bleed into the next surface's capture or survive past the sweep.
+    if (ImGuiContext* g = ImGui::GetCurrentContext(); g && g->OpenPopupStack.Size > 0)
+        ImGui::ClosePopupToLevel(0, false);
+
     if (++sweep_target_idx_ >= static_cast<int>(sweep_targets_.size())) {
         sweep_target_idx_ = 0;
         if (++sweep_skin_idx_ >= static_cast<int>(sweep_skins_.size())) {