diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc45d1c74..700e500e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ### Fixes
 - set a default error if NDN does not provide an error
 - python: avoid exceptions when messages/contacts/chats are compared with `None`
+- node: wait for the event loop to stop before destroying contexts #3431
 
 ### API-Changes
 - python: added `Message.get_status_updates()`  #3416
diff --git a/node/src/module.c b/node/src/module.c
index 01ec19f54..b1ff9cca2 100644
--- a/node/src/module.c
+++ b/node/src/module.c
@@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ NAPI_METHOD(dcn_context_unref) {
 
   TRACE("Unrefing dc_context");
   dcn_context->gc = 1;
+  dc_stop_io(dcn_context->dc_context);
+  if (dcn_context->event_handler_thread != 0) {
+    uv_thread_join(&dcn_context->event_handler_thread);
+    dcn_context->event_handler_thread = 0;
+  }
   dc_context_unref(dcn_context->dc_context);
   dcn_context->dc_context = NULL;
 
@@ -2922,6 +2927,11 @@ NAPI_METHOD(dcn_accounts_unref) {
 
   TRACE("Unrefing dc_accounts");
   dcn_accounts->gc = 1;
+  dc_accounts_stop_io(dcn_accounts->dc_accounts);
+  if (dcn_accounts->event_handler_thread != 0) {
+    uv_thread_join(&dcn_accounts->event_handler_thread);
+    dcn_accounts->event_handler_thread = 0;
+  }
   dc_accounts_unref(dcn_accounts->dc_accounts);
   dcn_accounts->dc_accounts = NULL;