diff --git a/src/bin/repo.rs b/src/bin/repo.rs
index 4b54cfcb7..341cd0e72 100644
--- a/src/bin/repo.rs
+++ b/src/bin/repo.rs
@@ -293,14 +293,10 @@ fn repo_inner(
             app.dump_logs_anyway = true;
             let th = thread::spawn(move || {
                 while let Ok(update) = status_rx.recv() {
-                    let mut should_break = false;
-                    if let StatusUpdate::FlushLog(_p, _q) = &update {
-                        should_break = true;
-                    }
-                    app.update_status(update);
-                    if should_break {
+                    if update == StatusUpdate::CookThreadFinished {
                         break;
                     }
+                    app.update_status(update);
                 }
             });
             let mut logger = Some((&mut stdout_writer, &mut stderr_writer));
@@ -316,6 +312,9 @@ fn repo_inner(
                     .send(StatusUpdate::FlushLog(recipe.name.clone(), log_path))
                     .unwrap_or_default();
             }
+            status_tx
+                .send(StatusUpdate::CookThreadFinished)
+                .unwrap_or_default();
             let _ = th.join();
         }
         CliCommand::Unfetch => handle_clean(recipe, config, true, true)?,