diff --git a/src/main/java/graphql/EngineRunningState.java b/src/main/java/graphql/EngineRunningState.java
index 965fdb59fd..43b584805f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/graphql/EngineRunningState.java
+++ b/src/main/java/graphql/EngineRunningState.java
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 
 import static graphql.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static graphql.execution.EngineRunningObserver.RunningState.NOT_RUNNING;
+import static graphql.execution.EngineRunningObserver.RunningState.NOT_RUNNING_FINISH;
 import static graphql.execution.EngineRunningObserver.RunningState.RUNNING;
+import static graphql.execution.EngineRunningObserver.RunningState.RUNNING_START;
 
 @Internal
 public class EngineRunningState {
@@ -26,6 +28,9 @@ public class EngineRunningState {
     @Nullable
     private volatile ExecutionId executionId;
 
+    // if true the last decrementRunning() call will be ignored
+    private volatile boolean finished;
+
     private final AtomicInteger isRunning = new AtomicInteger(0);
 
     @VisibleForTesting
@@ -148,7 +153,7 @@ private void decrementRunning() {
             return;
         }
         assertTrue(isRunning.get() > 0);
-        if (isRunning.decrementAndGet() == 0) {
+        if (isRunning.decrementAndGet() == 0 && !finished) {
             changeOfState(NOT_RUNNING);
         }
     }
@@ -193,16 +198,20 @@ private void run(Runnable runnable) {
     /**
      * Only used once outside of this class: when the execution starts
      */
-    public <T> T call(Supplier<T> supplier) {
+    public CompletableFuture<ExecutionResult> engineRun(Supplier<CompletableFuture<ExecutionResult>> engineRun) {
         if (engineRunningObserver == null) {
-            return supplier.get();
-        }
-        incrementRunning();
-        try {
-            return supplier.get();
-        } finally {
-            decrementRunning();
+            return engineRun.get();
         }
+        isRunning.incrementAndGet();
+        changeOfState(RUNNING_START);
+
+        CompletableFuture<ExecutionResult> erCF = engineRun.get();
+        erCF = erCF.whenComplete((result, throwable) -> {
+            finished = true;
+            changeOfState(NOT_RUNNING_FINISH);
+        });
+        decrementRunning();
+        return erCF;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/graphql/GraphQL.java b/src/main/java/graphql/GraphQL.java
index 8c077a2a53..5d8dfc87d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/graphql/GraphQL.java
+++ b/src/main/java/graphql/GraphQL.java
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ public CompletableFuture<ExecutionResult> executeAsync(UnaryOperator<ExecutionIn
      */
     public CompletableFuture<ExecutionResult> executeAsync(ExecutionInput executionInput) {
         EngineRunningState engineRunningState = new EngineRunningState(executionInput);
-        return engineRunningState.call(() -> {
+        return engineRunningState.engineRun(() -> {
             ExecutionInput executionInputWithId = ensureInputHasId(executionInput);
             engineRunningState.updateExecutionId(executionInputWithId.getExecutionId());
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/graphql/execution/EngineRunningObserver.java b/src/main/java/graphql/execution/EngineRunningObserver.java
index 008623eedc..c75f47706f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/graphql/execution/EngineRunningObserver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/graphql/execution/EngineRunningObserver.java
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 public interface EngineRunningObserver {
 
     enum RunningState {
+        /**
+         * Represents that the engine is running, for the first time
+         */
+        RUNNING_START,
         /**
          * Represents that the engine code is actively running its own code
          */
@@ -22,6 +26,10 @@ enum RunningState {
          * Represents that the engine code is asynchronously waiting for fetching to happen
          */
         NOT_RUNNING,
+        /**
+         * Represents that the engine is finished
+         */
+        NOT_RUNNING_FINISH
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/graphql/EngineRunningTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/graphql/EngineRunningTest.groovy
index 46104653d4..592f7d2a1d 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/graphql/EngineRunningTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/graphql/EngineRunningTest.groovy
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import static graphql.ExecutionInput.newExecutionInput
 import static graphql.execution.EngineRunningObserver.ENGINE_RUNNING_OBSERVER_KEY
 import static graphql.execution.EngineRunningObserver.RunningState
 import static graphql.execution.EngineRunningObserver.RunningState.NOT_RUNNING
+import static graphql.execution.EngineRunningObserver.RunningState.NOT_RUNNING_FINISH
 import static graphql.execution.EngineRunningObserver.RunningState.RUNNING
+import static graphql.execution.EngineRunningObserver.RunningState.RUNNING_START
 
 class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
 
@@ -70,13 +72,13 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
         when:
         def er = graphQL.executeAsync(ei)
         then:
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING_START, NOT_RUNNING]
 
         when:
         states.clear()
         cf.complete(new PreparsedDocumentEntry(document))
         then:
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING_FINISH]
         er.get().data == [hello: "world"]
 
 
@@ -114,13 +116,13 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
         when:
         def er = graphQL.executeAsync(ei)
         then:
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING_START, NOT_RUNNING]
 
         when:
         states.clear()
         cf.complete(new InstrumentationState() {})
         then:
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING_FINISH]
         er.get().data == [hello: "world"]
 
 
@@ -158,14 +160,14 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
         when:
         def er = graphQL.executeAsync(ei)
         then:
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING_START, NOT_RUNNING]
 
         when:
         states.clear()
         cf.complete(ExecutionResultImpl.newExecutionResult().data([hello: "world-modified"]).build())
         then:
         er.get().data == [hello: "world-modified"]
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING_FINISH]
 
 
     }
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
         def er = graphQL.execute(ei)
         then:
         er.data == [hello: "world"]
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING_START, NOT_RUNNING_FINISH]
     }
 
     def "multiple async DF"() {
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
         when:
         def er = graphQL.executeAsync(ei)
         then:
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING_START, NOT_RUNNING]
 
         when:
         states.clear();
@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
         states.clear()
         cf2.complete("world2")
         then:
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING_FINISH]
         er.get().data == [hello: "world", hello2: "world2", foo: [name: "FooName"], someStaticValue: [staticValue: "staticValue"]]
     }
 
@@ -299,14 +301,14 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
         when:
         def er = graphQL.executeAsync(ei)
         then:
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING_START, NOT_RUNNING]
 
         when:
         states.clear();
         cf.complete("world")
 
         then:
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING_FINISH]
         er.get().data == [hello: "world"]
     }
 
@@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
         when:
         def er = graphQL.executeAsync(ei)
         then:
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING_START, NOT_RUNNING]
 
         when:
         states.clear();
@@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
 
         then:
         er.get().data == [hello: "world"]
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING_FINISH]
     }
 
 
@@ -387,8 +389,7 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
 
         then:
         result.errors.collect { it.message } == ["recovered"]
-        // we expect simply going from running to finshed
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING_FINISH]
     }
 
     def "async datafetcher failing with async exception handler"() {
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
         def er = graphQL.executeAsync(ei)
 
         then:
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING_START, NOT_RUNNING]
 
         when:
         states.clear()
@@ -445,8 +446,7 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
 
         then:
         result.errors.collect { it.message } == ["recovered"]
-        // we expect simply going from running to finshed
-        new ArrayList<>(states) == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING_FINISH]
     }
 
 
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
         when:
         def er = graphQL.executeAsync(ei)
         then:
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING_START, NOT_RUNNING]
 
         when:
         states.clear();
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ class EngineRunningTest extends Specification {
         cf2.complete("world2")
 
         then:
-        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING]
+        states == [RUNNING, NOT_RUNNING_FINISH]
         er.get().data == [hello: "world", hello2: "world2"]
     }
 }