diff --git a/lib/report_portal/cucumber/formatter.rb b/lib/report_portal/cucumber/formatter.rb
index 327450a..e1a440f 100644
--- a/lib/report_portal/cucumber/formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/report_portal/cucumber/formatter.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ def finish_message_processing
 
         return if use_same_thread_for_reporting?
 
-        sleep 0.03 while !@queue.empty? || @queue.num_waiting.zero? # TODO: how to interrupt launch if the user aborted execution
+        # TODO: how to interrupt launch if the user aborted execution
+        sleep 0.03 while !@queue.empty? || @queue.num_waiting.zero? || @thread.join(1)
         @thread.kill
       end