diff --git a/yapapi/services.py b/yapapi/services.py
index dbf93058e..e38605d19 100644
--- a/yapapi/services.py
+++ b/yapapi/services.py
@@ -438,6 +438,13 @@ def started_successfully(self) -> bool:
         return ServiceState.running in self.visited_states
 
 
+class ClusterState(statemachine.StateMachine):
+    running = statemachine.State("running", initial=True)
+    stopping = statemachine.State("stopping")
+
+    stop = running.to(stopping)
+
+
 class Cluster(AsyncContextManager):
     """Golem's sub-engine used to spawn and control instances of a single :class:`Service`."""
 
@@ -483,6 +490,8 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._network: Optional[Network] = network
 
+        self.__state = ClusterState()
+
     @property
     def expiration(self) -> datetime:
         """Return the expiration datetime for agreements related to services in this :class:`Cluster`."""
@@ -761,13 +770,14 @@ async def _worker(
                 service=self._service_class(self, work_context, network_node=node, **params)  # type: ignore
             )
             try:
-                instance_batches = self._run_instance(instance)
-                try:
-                    await self._engine.process_batches(
-                        self._job.id, agreement.id, activity, instance_batches
-                    )
-                except StopAsyncIteration:
-                    pass
+                if self._state == ClusterState.running:
+                    instance_batches = self._run_instance(instance)
+                    try:
+                        await self._engine.process_batches(
+                            self._job.id, agreement.id, activity, instance_batches
+                        )
+                    except StopAsyncIteration:
+                        pass
 
                 self.emit(
                     events.TaskFinished(
@@ -781,7 +791,7 @@ async def _worker(
                 await self._engine.accept_payments_for_agreement(self._job.id, agreement.id)
                 await self._job.agreements_pool.release_agreement(agreement.id, allow_reuse=False)
 
-        while instance is None:
+        while instance is None and self._state == ClusterState.running:
             agreement_id = None
             await asyncio.sleep(1.0)
             task = await self._engine.start_worker(self._job, _worker)
@@ -884,5 +894,12 @@ def spawn_instances(
 
     def stop(self):
         """Signal the whole :class:`Cluster` to stop."""
+        self.__state.stop()
+
         for s in self.instances:
             self.stop_instance(s)
+
+    @property
+    def _state(self):
+        """Current state of the Cluster."""
+        return self.__state.current_state