diff --git a/trains/storage/helper.py b/trains/storage/helper.py
index 9cc9d965..7f9ebc64 100644
--- a/trains/storage/helper.py
+++ b/trains/storage/helper.py
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ if level:
     except (TypeError, ValueError):
         log.error('invalid storage log level in configuration: %s' % level)
 
-upload_pool = ThreadPool(processes=1)
-
 
 class StorageError(Exception):
     pass
@@ -213,6 +211,7 @@ class StorageHelper(object):
     # global terminate event for async upload threads
     _terminate = threading.Event()
     _async_upload_threads = set()
+    _upload_pool = None
 
     # collect all bucket credentials that aren't empty (ignore entries with an empty key or secret)
     _s3_configurations = S3BucketConfigurations.from_config(config.get('aws.s3', {}))
@@ -565,7 +564,8 @@ class StorageHelper(object):
 
         if async_enable:
             data = self._UploadData(src_path=src_path, dest_path=dest_path, extra=extra, callback=cb, retries=retries)
-            return upload_pool.apply_async(self._do_async_upload, args=(data,))
+            StorageHelper._initialize_upload_pool()
+            return StorageHelper._upload_pool.apply_async(self._do_async_upload, args=(data,))
         else:
             return self._do_upload(src_path, dest_path, extra, cb, verbose=False, retries=retries)
 
@@ -952,6 +952,22 @@ class StorageHelper(object):
             self.log.warning('Storage helper problem for {}: {}'.format(str(object_name), str(e)))
             return None
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _initialize_upload_pool():
+        if not StorageHelper._upload_pool:
+            StorageHelper._upload_pool = ThreadPool(processes=1)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def close_async_threads():
+        if StorageHelper._upload_pool:
+            pool = StorageHelper._upload_pool
+            StorageHelper._upload_pool = None
+            try:
+                pool.close()
+                pool.join()
+            except:
+                pass
+
 
 class _HttpDriver(_Driver):
     """ LibCloud http/https adapter (simple, enough for now) """
diff --git a/trains/task.py b/trains/task.py
index 79fee37c..1f906b60 100644
--- a/trains/task.py
+++ b/trains/task.py
@@ -1436,6 +1436,13 @@ class Task(_Task):
                         Metrics.close_async_threads()
                         # notice: this will close the jupyter monitoring
                         ScriptInfo.close()
+                if self.is_main_task():
+                    try:
+                        from .storage.helper import StorageHelper
+                        StorageHelper.close_async_threads()
+                    except:
+                        pass
+
                 if print_done_waiting:
                     self.log.info('Finished uploading')
             elif self._logger: