diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81a4391b..bdd91bb5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ key | optional | type | default | description
 `model` | True | string | `eu` | Model; Possible values: "eu", "us-l" and "us-p"
 `sleepTimeout` | True | integer | `20` | Timeout for the screen to enter screensaver, to disable screensaver use 0
 `sleepBrightness` | True | integer/complex | `20` | Brightness for the screen to enter screensaver, see example below for complex/scheduled config.
-`sleepTracking` | True | string | None | Forces screensaver brightness to 0 in case entity state is not_home, can be a group, person or device_tracker entity.
+`sleepTracking` | True | string | None | Forces screensaver brightness to 0 in case entity state is not_home or off, can be a group, person or device_tracker entity.
 `locale` | True | string | `en_US` | Used by babel to determinante Date format on screensaver, also used for localization.
 `dateFormatBabel` | True | string | `full` | formatting options on https://babel.pocoo.org/en/latest/dates.html?highlight=name%20of%20day#date-fields
 `timeFormat` | True | string | `%H:%M` | Time Format on screensaver. Substring after `?` is displayed in a seperate smaller textbox. Useful for 12h time format with AM/PM  `"%I:%M   ?%p"`
diff --git a/apps/nspanel-lovelace-ui/luibackend/controller.py b/apps/nspanel-lovelace-ui/luibackend/controller.py
index 1b029b96..c3daf16d 100644
--- a/apps/nspanel-lovelace-ui/luibackend/controller.py
+++ b/apps/nspanel-lovelace-ui/luibackend/controller.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class LuiController(object):
     def update_screensaver_brightness(self, kwargs):
         bst = self._config.get("sleepTracking")
         brightness = 0
-        if bst is not None and self._ha_api.entity_exists(bst) and self._ha_api.get_entity(bst).state == "not_home":
+        if bst is not None and self._ha_api.entity_exists(bst) and self._ha_api.get_entity(bst).state in ["not_home", "off"]:
             brightness = 0
         else:
             self.current_screensaver_brightness = kwargs['value']