diff --git a/atom b/atom
index 23d8478..6cfbbdb 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ starttime=$concurrencychange
 taskcount=$count
 remaining=$taskcount
 failed=0
-while (( remaining && ! quit ))
+while (( (remaining || ${#workers[@]}) && ! quit ))
 do
 	if read -n 1 -t 0.1 userinput
 	then