diff --git a/src/kernel/KernelEvents.hx b/src/kernel/KernelEvents.hx
index 70817a3..6c10a13 100644
--- a/src/kernel/KernelEvents.hx
+++ b/src/kernel/KernelEvents.hx
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class KernelEvents {
 	private static final onWebsocketSuccessTrigger:SignalTrigger<{url:String, handle:Any}> = Signal.trigger();
 
 	private static var stopLoop:Bool = false;
+	private static var turtleCoroutine:Coroutine<Dynamic>;
 
 	@:allow(kernel.Init)
 	private static function init() {
@@ -144,15 +145,19 @@ class KernelEvents {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static function turtleLoop() {
-		var turtleCoroutine = Coroutine.create(runTurtleLoop);
+	@:allow(kernel.turtle.TurtleMutex)
+	private static function startTurtleCoroutine() {
+		turtleCoroutine = Coroutine.create(runTurtleLoop);
 		Coroutine.resume(turtleCoroutine);
+	}
+
+	private static function turtleLoop() {
+		startTurtleCoroutine();
 
 		while (true) {
 			var eventData = pullEvents();
 
 			if (eventData[1] == "turtle_response" || eventData[1] == "tthread") {
-				Log.debug('Resuming turtle thread');
 				var result = Coroutine.resume(turtleCoroutine, TableTools.unpack(eventData));
 
 				if (!result.success) {
@@ -170,7 +175,9 @@ class KernelEvents {
 
 	private static function runTurtleLoop() {
 		while (!stopLoop) {
-			Coroutine.yield();
+			if ((TableTools.pack(Coroutine.yield()))[1] != "tthread")
+				continue;
+
 			if (stopLoop)
 				continue;
 			TurtleMutex.runThreadFunc();
diff --git a/src/kernel/turtle/TurtleMutex.hx b/src/kernel/turtle/TurtleMutex.hx
index 7ea78c8..697a149 100644
--- a/src/kernel/turtle/TurtleMutex.hx
+++ b/src/kernel/turtle/TurtleMutex.hx
@@ -43,4 +43,9 @@ class TurtleMutex {
 		threadFunc = func;
 		OS.queueEvent("tthread");
 	}
+
+	public static function stopTurtleThread() {
+		threadFunc = null;
+		KernelEvents.startTurtleCoroutine();
+	}
 }