diff --git a/src/phoenix/db/bulk_inserter.py b/src/phoenix/db/bulk_inserter.py
index a1abc3da8f..1a0f2f39ab 100644
--- a/src/phoenix/db/bulk_inserter.py
+++ b/src/phoenix/db/bulk_inserter.py
@@ -154,7 +154,12 @@ async def _bulk_insert(self) -> None:
             or self._spans
             or self._evaluations
         ):
-            if self._operations.empty() and not (self._spans or self._evaluations):
+            if (
+                self._queue_inserters.empty
+                and self._operations.empty()
+                and not self._spans
+                and not self._evaluations
+            ):
                 await asyncio.sleep(self._sleep)
                 continue
             ops_remaining, events = self._max_ops_per_transaction, []