diff --git a/hb/main.py b/hb/main.py
index 3c6810f..070d6e7 100644
--- a/hb/main.py
+++ b/hb/main.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from sys import stderr
 from threading import Thread
 from time import sleep
-from typing import Dict, IO, List, Tuple
+from typing import Dict, IO, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 
 class Checksum():
@@ -44,21 +44,26 @@ def __init__(self, path: str, threshold: int = 200) -> None:
         self.filesize = self._path.stat().st_size
         self.threshold = threshold
 
-    def _progress(self, file: IO) -> None:
+    def _progress(self, file: IO) -> Optional[Thread]:
         def _p(file: IO) -> None:
             while not file.closed:
                 print(f"{int(file.tell() / self.filesize * 100)}%", end="\r", file=stderr)
                 sleep(0.2)
             print("    ", end="\r", file=stderr)  # clear the progress display
+        thread = None
         if self.filesize > self.threshold * 1024 * 1024:
-            Thread(target=_p, args=(file,)).start()
+            thread = Thread(target=_p, args=(file,))
+            thread.start()
+        return thread
 
     def _hashlib_compute(self, name: str) -> str:
         result = hashlib.new(name)
         with self._path.open("rb") as lines:
-            self._progress(lines)
+            thread = self._progress(lines)
             for line in lines:
                 result.update(line)
+        if thread:
+            thread.join()
         return result.hexdigest()
 
     def _zlib_compute(self, name: str) -> str:
@@ -69,9 +74,11 @@ def _zlib_compute(self, name: str) -> str:
             result = 0
             update = zlib.crc32
         with self._path.open("rb") as lines:
-            self._progress(lines)
+            thread = self._progress(lines)
             for line in lines:
                 result = update(line, result)
+        if thread:
+            thread.join()
         return hex(result)[2:].zfill(8)
 
     def compute(self, algorithm: str) -> str: