diff --git a/datastore/sharedds.nim b/datastore/sharedds.nim
index 1bc22e0..e68c3fa 100644
--- a/datastore/sharedds.nim
+++ b/datastore/sharedds.nim
@@ -79,10 +79,11 @@ proc newSharedDataStore*(
   var
     self = SharedDatastore()
     res = newThreadResult(ThreadDatastorePtr)
-  
+
   res[].signal = ThreadSignalPtr.new().valueOr:
     return failure newException(DatastoreError, "error creating signal")
   res.createThreadDatastore(backend)
 
   await wait(res[].signal)
+  res[].signal.close()
   success self