diff --git a/src/gui/feedmessageviewer.cpp b/src/gui/feedmessageviewer.cpp
index 64b63e3b2..803345def 100644
--- a/src/gui/feedmessageviewer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/feedmessageviewer.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ void FeedMessageViewer::quit() {
 
   qDebug("Quitting feed downloader thread.");
   m_feedDownloaderThread->quit();
+  m_feedDownloaderThread->wait();
 
   qDebug("Feed downloader thread aborted. Deleting it from memory.");
   m_feedDownloader->deleteLater();