1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/bitcoind.cpp b/src/bitcoind.cpp
index a36944952e..eaef7a903b 100644
--- a/src/bitcoind.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoind.cpp
@@ -176,9 +176,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
     if (!fRet)
     {
         Interrupt(threadGroup);
-        // threadGroup.join_all(); was left out intentionally here, because we didn't re-test all of
-        // the startup-failure cases to make sure they don't result in a hang due to some
-        // thread-blocking-waiting-for-another-thread-during-startup case
+        threadGroup.join_all();
     } else {
         WaitForShutdown(&threadGroup);
     }