diff --git a/MotionPlanning/PostProcessing/PathProcessingThread.cpp b/MotionPlanning/PostProcessing/PathProcessingThread.cpp
index 6e1940a0ee4cf8c6f93fa5395b7a20adc7d76a0b..e414a28d0cb7ece987d611ee9de339afc5ad7d25 100644
--- a/MotionPlanning/PostProcessing/PathProcessingThread.cpp
+++ b/MotionPlanning/PostProcessing/PathProcessingThread.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ void PathProcessingThread::workingMethod()
 		processingFinished = false;
 
 	resultPath = res;
+
+    // the thread ends here
+    threadStarted = false;
 	mutex.unlock();
 }