diff --git a/crates/bevy_app/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_app/Cargo.toml
index 2a3f604e7b05f..89eec840c98e4 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_app/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ bevy_derive = { path = "../bevy_derive", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
 bevy_ecs = { path = "../bevy_ecs", version = "0.11.0-dev", default-features = false }
 bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.11.0-dev", optional = true }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
+bevy_tasks = { path = "../bevy_tasks", version = "0.11.0-dev" }
 
 # other
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs b/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
index 613c5063df803..4a2c1eb58dc69 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
@@ -956,6 +956,13 @@ impl App {
 }
 
 fn run_once(mut app: App) {
+    while !app.ready() {
+        #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+        bevy_tasks::tick_global_task_pools_on_main_thread();
+    }
+    app.finish();
+    app.cleanup();
+
     app.update();
 }