diff --git a/datastore/sharedds.nim b/datastore/sharedds.nim
index e68c3fa..c2587f9 100644
--- a/datastore/sharedds.nim
+++ b/datastore/sharedds.nim
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ proc newSharedDataStore*(
 
   res[].signal = ThreadSignalPtr.new().valueOr:
     return failure newException(DatastoreError, "error creating signal")
-  res.createThreadDatastore(backend)
 
+  res.createThreadDatastore(backend)
   await wait(res[].signal)
   res[].signal.close()
+
   success self