diff --git a/src/protocol/i3bar_event.rs b/src/protocol/i3bar_event.rs
index 214f680614..a0d1cac492 100644
--- a/src/protocol/i3bar_event.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/i3bar_event.rs
@@ -106,5 +106,6 @@ pub fn events_stream(
 
         Some((event, (events, None)))
     })
+    .fuse()
     .boxed_local()
 }