diff --git a/include/exec/async_scope.hpp b/include/exec/async_scope.hpp
index f125242d2..4e6cb0456 100644
--- a/include/exec/async_scope.hpp
+++ b/include/exec/async_scope.hpp
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ namespace exec {
         static void __complete(const __impl* __scope) noexcept {
           auto& __active = __scope->__active_;
           if (__active.fetch_sub(1, __std::memory_order_acq_rel) == 1) {
+            usleep(rand() % 1000);
             std::unique_lock __guard{__scope->__lock_};
             auto __local_waiters = std::move(__scope->__waiters_);
             __guard.unlock();
diff --git a/test/exec/async_scope/test_spawn_future.cpp b/test/exec/async_scope/test_spawn_future.cpp
index 8d592e979..40d0127b5 100644
--- a/test/exec/async_scope/test_spawn_future.cpp
+++ b/test/exec/async_scope/test_spawn_future.cpp
@@ -143,8 +143,12 @@ namespace {
 
 #if !STDEXEC_STD_NO_EXCEPTIONS()
   TEST_CASE("spawn_future with throwing copy", "[async_scope][spawn_future]") {
-    async_scope scope;
-    exec::static_thread_pool pool{2};
+    while(1) {
+    std::optional<exec::static_thread_pool> pool;
+    std::shared_ptr<async_scope> scope;
+    
+    pool.emplace(2);
+    scope = std::make_shared<async_scope>();
 
     struct throwing_copy {
       throwing_copy() = default;
@@ -154,8 +158,8 @@ namespace {
       }
     };
 
-    ex::sender auto snd = scope.spawn_future(
-      ex::starts_on(pool.get_scheduler(), exec::just_from([](auto sink) {
+    ex::sender auto snd = scope->spawn_future(
+      ex::starts_on(pool->get_scheduler(), exec::just_from([](auto sink) {
                       return sink(throwing_copy());
                     })));
     STDEXEC_TRY {
@@ -168,8 +172,12 @@ namespace {
     STDEXEC_CATCH_ALL {
       FAIL("invalid exception caught");
     }
-    sync_wait(scope.on_empty());
+    sync_wait(scope->on_empty());
+    
+    scope.reset();
+    pool.reset();
   }
+}
 #endif // !STDEXEC_STD_NO_EXCEPTIONS()
 
   TEST_CASE(