From 79eebf6d7da79dd05dcb923114d1127e8d1c4d5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen Nneji <steve.nneji@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:00:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes matlab engine not shutting down

---
 ratapi/wrappers.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ratapi/wrappers.py b/ratapi/wrappers.py
index 74eda41..9475b93 100644
--- a/ratapi/wrappers.py
+++ b/ratapi/wrappers.py
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ def start_matlab():
     future = None
     if os.environ.get("DELAY_MATLAB_START", "0") == "0":
         with suppress(ImportError):
+            import atexit
+
             import matlab.engine
 
             future = matlab.engine.start_matlab(background=True)
+            atexit.register(lambda: future.result())
 
     return future