diff --git a/crates/snowbound/src/library.rs b/crates/snowbound/src/library.rs
index 9da2a4a5bc323efdbf3e883169b2ca7a62f6f7ea..8aa576c127c21a408509271561e0e1db40021ae9 100644
--- a/crates/snowbound/src/library.rs
+++ b/crates/snowbound/src/library.rs
@@ -2178,6 +2178,9 @@ mod tests {
         let renamed = Library::notebook(&location("Ours"), &cache);
         assert_eq!(renamed.name, "Ours");
         assert_eq!(renamed.color(), Some(Notebook::NEW_COLOR));
+        if let Some(background) = &renamed.background {
+            background.stop();
+        }
         notebook::fs::remove_dir_all(&directory).unwrap();
     }