diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index aca1087..5a94b56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ jobs:
           RUSTFLAGS: '-Zprofile -Ccodegen-units=1 -Copt-level=0 -Clink-dead-code -Coverflow-checks=off -Zpanic_abort_tests -Cpanic=abort'
           RUSTDOCFLAGS: '-Cpanic=abort'
       - uses: actions-rs/grcov@v0.1
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: lcov.info
+          path: lcov.info
       - name: Convert lcov to xml
         run: |
           curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eriwen/lcov-to-cobertura-xml/master/lcov_cobertura/lcov_cobertura.py
@@ -34,3 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           file: ./coverage.xml
           name: codecov-umbrella
           fail_ci_if_error: true
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: coverage.xml
+          path: ./coverage.xml
diff --git a/src/event_handlers/outputs.rs b/src/event_handlers/outputs.rs
index 97db2f9..fd16522 100644
--- a/src/event_handlers/outputs.rs
+++ b/src/event_handlers/outputs.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ impl TermOutHandle {
     pub async fn sync(&self) -> Result<()> {
         let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel::<bool>();
         self.send(Command::Sync(tx))?;
+        if !CONFIGURATION.output.is_empty() {
+            let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel::<bool>();
+            self.tx_file.send(Command::Sync(tx))?;
+            rx.await?;
+        }
         rx.await?;
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -84,6 +89,9 @@ impl FileOutHandler {
                     log::error!("file handler got Exit");
                     break;
                 }
+                Command::Sync(sender) => {
+                    sender.send(true).unwrap_or_default();
+                }
                 _ => {} // no more needed
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 56f4957..2cafc78 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use futures::StreamExt;
 use tokio::{io, sync::oneshot};
 use tokio_util::codec::{FramedRead, LinesCodec};
 
-use feroxbuster::event_handlers::Command;
 use feroxbuster::{
     banner::{Banner, UPDATE_URL},
     config::{CONFIGURATION, PROGRESS_BAR, PROGRESS_PRINTER},
@@ -238,7 +237,6 @@ async fn wrapped_main() -> Result<()> {
         scan_manager::initialize(handles.clone());
     }
 
-    handles.output.sync().await?;
     if CONFIGURATION.resumed {
         let scanned_urls = handles.ferox_scans()?;
         let from_here = CONFIGURATION.resume_from.clone();
@@ -280,7 +278,7 @@ async fn wrapped_main() -> Result<()> {
     // The TermOutHandler spawns a FileOutHandler, so errors in the FileOutHandler never bubble
     // up due to the TermOutHandler never awaiting the result of FileOutHandler::start (that's
     // done later here in main). Ping checks that the tx/rx connection to the file handler works
-    if !CONFIGURATION.output.is_empty() && handles.output.tx_file.send(Command::Ping).is_err() {
+    if !CONFIGURATION.output.is_empty() && handles.output.sync().await.is_err() {
         // output file specified and file handler could not initialize
         clean_up(handles, tasks).await?;
         let msg = format!("Couldn't start {} file handler", CONFIGURATION.output);