diff --git a/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp b/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp
index 2cd1f748..2343fa4b 100644
--- a/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp
+++ b/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp
@@ -777,18 +777,18 @@ int Fuse::fsyncdir(const bf::path &path, int datasync, fuse_file_info *fileinfo)
 
 void Fuse::init(fuse_conn_info *conn) {
   UNUSED(conn);
+  LOG(INFO) << "Filesystem started.";
+
   _running = true;
 
 #ifdef FSPP_LOG
   cpputils::logging::setLevel(DEBUG);
 #endif
-
-  LOG(INFO) << "Filesystem started.";
 }
 
 void Fuse::destroy() {
-  _running = false;
   LOG(INFO) << "Filesystem stopped.";
+  _running = false;
 }
 
 int Fuse::access(const bf::path &path, int mask) {
diff --git a/test/fspp/testutils/FuseThread.cpp b/test/fspp/testutils/FuseThread.cpp
index 4c6e95f2..21fab489 100644
--- a/test/fspp/testutils/FuseThread.cpp
+++ b/test/fspp/testutils/FuseThread.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ void FuseThread::start(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   });
   //Wait until it is running (busy waiting is simple and doesn't hurt much here)
   while(!_fuse->running()) {}
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+  // On Mac OS X, _fuse->running() returns true too early, because osxfuse calls init() when it's not ready yet. Give it a bit time.
+  std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(200));
+#endif
 }
 
 void FuseThread::stop() {