diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 732e5604..54ff5ce8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ericblade/quagga2",
-  "version": "1.2.1",
+  "version": "1.2.3",
   "description": "An advanced barcode-scanner written in JavaScript",
   "main": "lib/quagga.js",
   "types": "type-definitions/quagga.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/input/camera_access.ts b/src/input/camera_access.ts
index 8f583229..da15b5da 100644
--- a/src/input/camera_access.ts
+++ b/src/input/camera_access.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pick from 'lodash/pick';
 import { getUserMedia, enumerateDevices } from '../common/mediaDevices';
-import { MediaTrackConstraintsWithDeprecated } from '../../type-definitions/quagga.d';
+import { MediaTrackConstraintsWithDeprecated, QuaggaJSCameraAccess as CameraAccessType } from '../../type-definitions/quagga.d';
 
 let streamRef: MediaStream | null;
 
@@ -92,18 +92,28 @@ function getActiveTrack(): MediaStreamTrack | null {
 /**
  * Used for accessing information about the active stream track and available video devices.
  */
-const QuaggaJSCameraAccess = {
+const QuaggaJSCameraAccess: CameraAccessType = {
+    requestedVideoElement: null,
     async request(video: HTMLVideoElement, videoConstraints?: MediaTrackConstraintsWithDeprecated): Promise<any> {
+        QuaggaJSCameraAccess.requestedVideoElement = video;
         const newConstraints = await pickConstraints(videoConstraints);
         return initCamera(video, newConstraints);
     },
-    release(): void {
-        // TODO: i wonder if telling the Video element to pause() before calling MediaStreamTrack.stop() would alleviate some of the issues with the camera appearing to stay open on Android even after stopping.
+    release(): Promise<void> {
         const tracks = streamRef && streamRef.getVideoTracks();
-        if (tracks && tracks.length) {
-            tracks[0].stop();
+        if (QuaggaJSCameraAccess.requestedVideoElement !== null) {
+            QuaggaJSCameraAccess.requestedVideoElement.pause();
         }
-        streamRef = null;
+        return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            setTimeout(() => {
+                if (tracks && tracks.length) {
+                    tracks[0].stop();
+                }
+                streamRef = null;
+                QuaggaJSCameraAccess.requestedVideoElement = null;
+                resolve();
+            });
+        });
     },
     enumerateVideoDevices,
     getActiveStreamLabel(): string {
diff --git a/src/input/test/browser/camera_access.spec.ts b/src/input/test/browser/camera_access.spec.ts
index bfe8e900..bc5d824b 100644
--- a/src/input/test/browser/camera_access.spec.ts
+++ b/src/input/test/browser/camera_access.spec.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ describe('CameraAccess (browser)', () => {
         it('works', async () => {
             const video = document.createElement('video');
             await Quagga.CameraAccess.request(video, {});
-            Quagga.CameraAccess.release();
+            await Quagga.CameraAccess.release();
             expect(((video?.srcObject) as any)?.active).to.equal(false);
         });
     });
diff --git a/src/quagga.js b/src/quagga.js
index 694fc740..9ab9a353 100644
--- a/src/quagga.js
+++ b/src/quagga.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import merge from 'lodash/merge';
 import TypeDefs from './common/typedefs'; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
 import ImageWrapper from './common/image_wrapper';
 import BarcodeDecoder from './decoder/barcode_decoder';
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@ import CameraAccess from './input/camera_access';
 import ImageDebug from './common/image_debug';
 import ResultCollector from './analytics/result_collector';
 import Config from './config/config';
-import merge from 'lodash/merge';
 
 import Quagga from './quagga/quagga';
 
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ const QuaggaJSStaticInterface = {
         return promise;
     },
     start: function () {
-        instance.start();
+        return instance.start();
     },
     stop: function () {
-        instance.stop();
+        return instance.stop();
     },
     pause: function () {
         _context.stopped = true;
diff --git a/src/quagga/quagga.ts b/src/quagga/quagga.ts
index 885c983c..5429e48c 100644
--- a/src/quagga/quagga.ts
+++ b/src/quagga/quagga.ts
@@ -256,11 +256,11 @@ export default class Quagga {
         }
     }
 
-    stop(): void {
+    async stop(): Promise<void> {
         this.context.stopped = true;
         QWorkers.adjustWorkerPool(0);
         if (this.context.config?.inputStream && this.context.config.inputStream.type === 'LiveStream') {
-            CameraAccess.release();
+            await CameraAccess.release();
             this.context.inputStream.clearEventHandlers();
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/test-import.js b/test/test-import.js
index bf2c65a3..89e17a4b 100644
--- a/test/test-import.js
+++ b/test/test-import.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe('testing node import', () => {
         const { CameraAccess: CA } = Q;
         expect(CA).to.be.an('object').with.keys([
             'request', 'release', 'enumerateVideoDevices',
-            'getActiveStreamLabel', 'getActiveTrack',
+            'getActiveStreamLabel', 'getActiveTrack', 'requestedVideoElement',
         ]);
     });
 });
diff --git a/type-definitions/quagga.d.ts b/type-definitions/quagga.d.ts
index 9e901e5b..6c2b1dfd 100644
--- a/type-definitions/quagga.d.ts
+++ b/type-definitions/quagga.d.ts
@@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ export interface QuaggaJSStatic {
     init(
         config: QuaggaJSConfigObject,
         callback?: (err: any) => void
-    ): void;
+    ): Promise<void>;
 
     init(
         config: QuaggaJSConfigObject,
         callback: (err: any) => void,
         imageWrapper: ImageWrapper,
-    ): void;
+    ): Promise<void>;
 
     /**
      * When the library is initialized, the start()
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export interface QuaggaJSStatic {
      * Additionally, if a camera-stream was requested upon initialization,
      * this operation also disconnects the camera.
      */
-    stop(): void;
+    stop(): Promise<void>;
 
     /**
      * Pauses processing, but does not release any handlers
@@ -220,9 +220,10 @@ export interface QuaggaJSStatic {
  * Used for accessing information about the active stream track and available video devices.
  */
 export interface QuaggaJSCameraAccess {
-    request(video: HTMLVideoElement, videoConstraints: MediaTrackConstraintsWithDeprecated): Promise<void> | never;
+    requestedVideoElement: HTMLVideoElement | null,
+    request(video: HTMLVideoElement, videoConstraints?: MediaTrackConstraintsWithDeprecated): Promise<void> | never;
 
-    release(): void;
+    release(): Promise<void>;
 
     enumerateVideoDevices(): Promise<MediaDeviceInfo[]> | never;