diff --git a/src/dhtrunner.cpp b/src/dhtrunner.cpp
index 8701db9be8e78afcda36630f255a2213e9624124..e262870883e1c65e7f7a5c55d3fb34c53397072f 100644
--- a/src/dhtrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/dhtrunner.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ DhtRunner::shutdown(ShutdownCallback cb) {
         return;
     }
     if (logger_)
-        logger_->d("[runner %p] state changed to Stopping", this);
+        logger_->d("[runner %p] state changed to Stopping, %zu ongoing ops", this, ongoing_ops.load());
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lck(storage_mtx);
     ongoing_ops++;
     shutdownCallbacks_.emplace_back(std::move(cb));
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ DhtRunner::join()
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lck(storage_mtx);
         pending_ops = decltype(pending_ops)();
         pending_ops_prio = decltype(pending_ops_prio)();
+        ongoing_ops = 0;
     }
     {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lck(dht_mtx);
@@ -699,7 +700,6 @@ void
 DhtRunner::cancelListen(InfoHash h, size_t token)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lck(storage_mtx);
-    ongoing_ops++;
 #ifdef OPENDHT_PROXY_CLIENT
     pending_ops.emplace([=](SecureDht&) {
         auto it = listeners_.find(token);
@@ -709,12 +709,10 @@ DhtRunner::cancelListen(InfoHash h, size_t token)
         if (it->second.tokenProxyDht and dht_via_proxy_)
             dht_via_proxy_->cancelListen(h, it->second.tokenProxyDht);
         listeners_.erase(it);
-        opEnded();
     });
 #else
     pending_ops.emplace([=](SecureDht& dht) {
         dht.cancelListen(h, token);
-        opEnded();
     });
 #endif // OPENDHT_PROXY_CLIENT
     cv.notify_all();
@@ -724,7 +722,6 @@ void
 DhtRunner::cancelListen(InfoHash h, std::shared_future<size_t> ftoken)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lck(storage_mtx);
-    ongoing_ops++;
 #ifdef OPENDHT_PROXY_CLIENT
     pending_ops.emplace([=](SecureDht&) {
         auto it = listeners_.find(ftoken.get());
@@ -734,12 +731,10 @@ DhtRunner::cancelListen(InfoHash h, std::shared_future<size_t> ftoken)
         if (it->second.tokenProxyDht and dht_via_proxy_)
             dht_via_proxy_->cancelListen(h, it->second.tokenProxyDht);
         listeners_.erase(it);
-        opEnded();
     });
 #else
     pending_ops.emplace([=](SecureDht& dht) {
         dht.cancelListen(h, ftoken.get());
-        opEnded();
     });
 #endif // OPENDHT_PROXY_CLIENT
     cv.notify_all();
@@ -788,10 +783,8 @@ void
 DhtRunner::cancelPut(const InfoHash& h, Value::Id id)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lck(storage_mtx);
-    ongoing_ops++;
     pending_ops.emplace([=](SecureDht& dht) {
         dht.cancelPut(h, id);
-        opEnded();
     });
     cv.notify_all();
 }
@@ -800,10 +793,8 @@ void
 DhtRunner::cancelPut(const InfoHash& h, const std::shared_ptr<Value>& value)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lck(storage_mtx);
-    ongoing_ops++;
     pending_ops.emplace([=](SecureDht& dht) {
         dht.cancelPut(h, value->id);
-        opEnded();
     });
     cv.notify_all();
 }