diff --git a/include/openspace/engine/wrapper/sgctwindowwrapper.h b/include/openspace/engine/wrapper/sgctwindowwrapper.h
index 0f7d080060..7938dc909b 100644
--- a/include/openspace/engine/wrapper/sgctwindowwrapper.h
+++ b/include/openspace/engine/wrapper/sgctwindowwrapper.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class SGCTWindowWrapper : public WindowWrapper {
 public:
     void terminate() override;
     void setBarrier(bool enabled) override;
+    void setSynchronization(bool enabled) override;
     void clearAllWindows(const glm::vec4& clearColor) override;
     bool windowHasResized() const override;
 
diff --git a/include/openspace/engine/wrapper/windowwrapper.h b/include/openspace/engine/wrapper/windowwrapper.h
index 9ea42b78b0..b999f908e9 100644
--- a/include/openspace/engine/wrapper/windowwrapper.h
+++ b/include/openspace/engine/wrapper/windowwrapper.h
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ public:
      * disables it
      */
     virtual void setBarrier(bool enabled);
+
+    /**
+    * This method enables or disables a framelock barrier. If the specific windowing
+    * framework does not provide a framelock, this method defaults to a no-op.
+    * \param enabled If <code>true</code> the framelock is enabled, <code>false</code>
+    * disables it
+    */
+    virtual void setSynchronization(bool enabled);
     
     /**
      * This method clears all the rendering windows with the specified \p clearColor. In
diff --git a/src/engine/wrapper/sgctwindowwrapper.cpp b/src/engine/wrapper/sgctwindowwrapper.cpp
index 3059ec34ee..d7925ccc07 100644
--- a/src/engine/wrapper/sgctwindowwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/wrapper/sgctwindowwrapper.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ void SGCTWindowWrapper::setBarrier(bool enabled) {
     sgct::SGCTWindow::setBarrier(enabled);
 }
     
+void SGCTWindowWrapper::setSynchronization(bool enabled) {
+    sgct_core::ClusterManager::instance()->setUseIgnoreSync(enabled);
+}
+
 void SGCTWindowWrapper::clearAllWindows(const glm::vec4& clearColor) {
     size_t n = sgct::Engine::instance()->getNumberOfWindows();
     for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
diff --git a/src/engine/wrapper/windowwrapper.cpp b/src/engine/wrapper/windowwrapper.cpp
index ae042a7d3b..fb3e9f65f2 100644
--- a/src/engine/wrapper/windowwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/wrapper/windowwrapper.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ WindowWrapper::WindowWrapperException::WindowWrapperException(const std::string&
 void WindowWrapper::terminate() {}
     
 void WindowWrapper::setBarrier(bool) {}
+
+void WindowWrapper::setSynchronization(bool) {}
     
 void WindowWrapper::clearAllWindows(const glm::vec4& clearColor) {}
 
diff --git a/src/scene/scene.cpp b/src/scene/scene.cpp
index f016dd2159..6b03045220 100644
--- a/src/scene/scene.cpp
+++ b/src/scene/scene.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <openspace/engine/configurationmanager.h>
 #include <openspace/engine/openspaceengine.h>
+#include <openspace/engine/wrapper/windowwrapper.h>
 #include <openspace/interaction/interactionhandler.h>
 #include <openspace/query/query.h>
 #include <openspace/rendering/renderengine.h>
@@ -182,11 +183,15 @@ void Scene::clearSceneGraph() {
 bool Scene::loadSceneInternal(const std::string& sceneDescriptionFilePath) {
     ghoul::Dictionary dictionary;
     
+    OsEng.windowWrapper().setSynchronization(false);
+    OnExit(
+        [](){ OsEng.windowWrapper().setSynchronization(true); }
+    );
     
     lua_State* state = ghoul::lua::createNewLuaState();
     OnExit(
            // Delete the Lua state at the end of the scope, no matter what
-           [state](){ghoul::lua::destroyLuaState(state);}
+           [state](){ ghoul::lua::destroyLuaState(state); }
            );
     
     OsEng.scriptEngine().initializeLuaState(state);