diff --git a/src/ckdb.c b/src/ckdb.c
index b290ea60..227d9604 100644
--- a/src/ckdb.c
+++ b/src/ckdb.c
@@ -436,9 +436,9 @@ int64_t mismatch_all_marks;
 int64_t mismatch_all_total;
 
 // IOQUEUE
-static K_LIST *ioqueue_free;
-static K_STORE *ioqueue_store;
-static K_STORE *console_ioqueue_store;
+K_LIST *ioqueue_free;
+K_STORE *ioqueue_store;
+K_STORE *console_ioqueue_store;
 // Trigger ioqueue_store processing
 static mutex_t f_ioqueue_waitlock;
 static pthread_cond_t f_ioqueue_waitcond;
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ static void *iomsgs(void *consol)
 		}
 
 		if (consol) {
-			if (!ioqueue_flush) {
+			if (!ioqueue_flush && !everyone_die) {
 				// max 50 per second
 				cksleep_ms(20);
 			}
diff --git a/src/ckdb.h b/src/ckdb.h
index a66576e0..0ccc0180 100644
--- a/src/ckdb.h
+++ b/src/ckdb.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 #define DB_VLOCK "1"
 #define DB_VERSION "1.0.7"
-#define CKDB_VERSION DB_VERSION"-2.443"
+#define CKDB_VERSION DB_VERSION"-2.444"
 
 #define WHERE_FFL " - from %s %s() line %d"
 #define WHERE_FFL_HERE __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__
@@ -1117,6 +1117,10 @@ typedef struct ioqueue {
 #define INIT_IOQUEUE(_item) INIT_GENERIC(_item, ioqueue)
 #define DATA_IOQUEUE(_var, _item) DATA_GENERIC(_var, _item, ioqueue, true)
 
+extern K_LIST *ioqueue_free;
+extern K_STORE *ioqueue_store;
+extern K_STORE *console_ioqueue_store;
+
 // LOGQUEUE
 typedef struct logqueue {
 	char *msg;
diff --git a/src/ckdb_cmd.c b/src/ckdb_cmd.c
index 18413aa8..e49d628a 100644
--- a/src/ckdb_cmd.c
+++ b/src/ckdb_cmd.c
@@ -7637,6 +7637,18 @@ static char *cmd_query(__maybe_unused PGconn *conn, char *cmd, char *id,
 			 "NameRAM", FLDSEP, "", FLDSEP);
 		APPEND_REALLOC(buf, off, len, tmp);
 
+		ok = true;
+	} else if (strcasecmp(request, "ioqueue") == 0) {
+		K_RLOCK(ioqueue_free);
+		snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "console=%d%c",
+			 console_ioqueue_store->count, FLDSEP);
+		APPEND_REALLOC(buf, off, len, tmp);
+		snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "file=%d%c",
+			 ioqueue_store->count, FLDSEP);
+		APPEND_REALLOC(buf, off, len, tmp);
+		K_RUNLOCK(ioqueue_free);
+		rows++;
+
 		ok = true;
 	} else {
 		free(buf);