diff --git a/src/bun.js/bindings/napi.cpp b/src/bun.js/bindings/napi.cpp
index fb56166da8..c2c496e776 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/bindings/napi.cpp
+++ b/src/bun.js/bindings/napi.cpp
@@ -2763,6 +2763,10 @@ extern "C" napi_status napi_call_function(napi_env env, napi_value recv,
 
     JSValue res = AsyncContextFrame::call(globalObject, funcValue, thisValue, args);
 
+    if (env->isVMTerminating()) {
+        return napi_set_last_error(env, napi_pending_exception);
+    }
+
     if (result) {
         if (res.isEmpty()) {
             *result = toNapi(JSC::jsUndefined(), globalObject);
diff --git a/src/bun.js/web_worker.zig b/src/bun.js/web_worker.zig
index b3b80b8aae..7200c7ac7b 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/web_worker.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/web_worker.zig
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ pub fn notifyNeedTermination(this: *WebWorker) callconv(.c) void {
 
     if (this.vm) |vm| {
         vm.eventLoop().wakeup();
-        // TODO(@190n) notifyNeedTermination
+        vm.global.requestTermination();
     }
 
     // TODO(@190n) delete