diff --git a/cmd/integration_test.go b/cmd/integration_test.go
index d87b40938afd..39b3e4944576 100644
--- a/cmd/integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/integration_test.go
@@ -734,7 +734,14 @@ func TestAbortedByScriptSetupError(t *testing.T) {
 
 	newRootCommand(ts.globalState).execute()
 
+	// FIXME: remove this locking after VU initialization accepts a context and
+	// is properly synchronized: currently when a test is aborted during the
+	// init phase, some logs might be emitted after the above command returns...
+	// see: https://github.com/grafana/k6/issues/2790
+	ts.outMutex.Lock()
 	stdOut := ts.stdOut.String()
+	ts.outMutex.Unlock()
+
 	t.Log(stdOut)
 	require.Contains(t, stdOut, `wonky setup`)
 	require.Contains(t, stdOut, `Error: foo`)
@@ -793,7 +800,14 @@ func TestAbortedByScriptInitError(t *testing.T) {
 
 	newRootCommand(ts.globalState).execute()
 
+	// FIXME: remove this locking after VU initialization accepts a context and
+	// is properly synchronized: currently when a test is aborted during the
+	// init phase, some logs might be emitted after the above command returns...
+	// see: https://github.com/grafana/k6/issues/2790
+	ts.outMutex.Lock()
 	stdOut := ts.stdOut.String()
+	ts.outMutex.Unlock()
+
 	t.Log(stdOut)
 	require.Contains(t, stdOut, `Error: foo`)
 	require.Contains(t, stdOut, `level=debug msg="Sending test finished" output=cloud ref=111 run_status=7 tainted=false`)
diff --git a/cmd/run.go b/cmd/run.go
index 9bda8d640afb..76496f984252 100644
--- a/cmd/run.go
+++ b/cmd/run.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ type cmdRun struct {
 }
 
 // TODO: split apart some more
+//
 //nolint:funlen,gocognit,gocyclo,cyclop
 func (c *cmdRun) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	printBanner(c.gs)
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ func (c *cmdRun) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	progressBarWG := &sync.WaitGroup{}
+	progressBarWG.Add(1)
+	defer progressBarWG.Wait()
+
 	// This is manually triggered after the Engine's Run() has completed,
 	// and things like a single Ctrl+C don't affect it. We use it to make
 	// sure that the progressbars finish updating with the latest execution
@@ -82,15 +87,13 @@ func (c *cmdRun) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	progressCtx, progressCancel := context.WithCancel(globalCtx)
 	defer progressCancel()
 	initBar := execScheduler.GetInitProgressBar()
-	progressBarWG := &sync.WaitGroup{}
-	progressBarWG.Add(1)
 	go func() {
-		pbs := []*pb.ProgressBar{execScheduler.GetInitProgressBar()}
+		defer progressBarWG.Done()
+		pbs := []*pb.ProgressBar{initBar}
 		for _, s := range execScheduler.GetExecutors() {
 			pbs = append(pbs, s.GetProgress())
 		}
 		showProgress(progressCtx, c.gs, pbs, logger)
-		progressBarWG.Done()
 	}()
 
 	// Create all outputs.
diff --git a/core/local/local.go b/core/local/local.go
index bde316475468..cb2a31098542 100644
--- a/core/local/local.go
+++ b/core/local/local.go
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ func (e *ExecutionScheduler) initVUsConcurrently(
 	for i := 0; i < concurrency; i++ {
 		go func() {
 			for range limiter {
+				// TODO: actually pass the context when we initialize VUs here,
+				// so we can cancel that initialization if there is an error,
+				// see https://github.com/grafana/k6/issues/2790
 				newVU, err := e.initVU(samplesOut, logger)
 				if err == nil {
 					e.state.AddInitializedVU(newVU)
@@ -281,6 +284,10 @@ func (e *ExecutionScheduler) Init(ctx context.Context, samplesOut chan<- metrics
 		}),
 	)
 
+	// TODO: once VU initialization accepts a context, when a VU init fails,
+	// cancel the context and actually wait for all VUs to finish before this
+	// function returns - that way we won't have any trailing logs, see
+	// https://github.com/grafana/k6/issues/2790
 	for vuNum := uint64(0); vuNum < vusToInitialize; vuNum++ {
 		select {
 		case err := <-doneInits:
@@ -369,6 +376,7 @@ func (e *ExecutionScheduler) runExecutor(
 
 // Run the ExecutionScheduler, funneling all generated metric samples through the supplied
 // out channel.
+//
 //nolint:funlen
 func (e *ExecutionScheduler) Run(globalCtx, runCtx context.Context, engineOut chan<- metrics.SampleContainer) error {
 	defer func() {