diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 584711a81be..bc7848cae18 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ We refer to [GitHub issues](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues) by using `#
 - The `day` part of the biblatex `date` field is now exported to the corresponding `day` field in MS-Office XML. [#2691](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2691)
 
 ### Fixed
+ - We fixed an issue that prevented multiple parallel JabRef instances from terminating gracefully. [#2698](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2698)
  - We fixed an issue where authors with multiple surnames were not presented correctly in the main table. [#2534](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2534)
  - Repairs the handling of apostrophes in the LaTeX to unicode conversion. [#2500](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2500)
  - Fix import of journal title in ris format. [#2506](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2506)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/JabRefMain.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/JabRefMain.java
index e3504a9fd45..cf7b1440b24 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/JabRefMain.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/JabRefMain.java
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ private static void start(String[] args) {
                     // So we assume it's all taken care of, and quit.
                     LOGGER.info(Localization.lang("Arguments passed on to running JabRef instance. Shutting down."));
                     Globals.shutdownThreadPools();
+                    // needed to tell JavaFx to stop
+                    Platform.exit();
                     return;
                 }
             }