diff --git a/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/index.ts b/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/index.ts
index 98e595ea3..ea962e3bb 100644
--- a/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/index.ts
+++ b/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/index.ts
@@ -452,15 +452,15 @@ export default class App {
   stop(): void {
     if (this.activityState !== ActivityState.NotActive) {
       try {
-        if (this.worker) {
-          this.worker.postMessage("stop")
-        }
         this.sanitizer.clear()
         this.observer.disconnect()
         this.nodes.clear()
         this.ticker.stop()
         this.stopCallbacks.forEach((cb) => cb())
         this.notify.log("OpenReplay tracking stopped.")
+        if (this.worker) {
+          this.worker.postMessage("stop")
+        }
       } finally {
         this.activityState = ActivityState.NotActive
       }