diff --git a/db/install.go b/db/install.go
index df8b8f736..d62ccb845 100644
--- a/db/install.go
+++ b/db/install.go
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ func EnsureDBInstalled() {
 		if fdwNeedsUpdate() {
 			_, err := installFDW(false, spinner)
 			if err != nil {
-				display.StopSpinner(spinner)
 				utils.FailOnError(err)
 			}
 
+			spinner.Stop()
 			fmt.Printf("%s was updated to %s. ", constants.Bold("steampipe-postgres-fdw"), constants.Bold(constants.FdwVersion))
 			currentStatus, err := GetStatus()
 			if err != nil || currentStatus != nil {
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func EnsureDBInstalled() {
 		}
 
 		if needsInit() {
+			spinner.Start()
 			display.UpdateSpinnerMessage(spinner, "Cleanup any Steampipe processes...")
 			killInstanceIfAny()
 			if err := doInit(false, spinner); err != nil {
diff --git a/display/spinner.go b/display/spinner.go
index dea3bf7e4..d875adaa5 100644
--- a/display/spinner.go
+++ b/display/spinner.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func ShowSpinner(msg string) *spinner.Spinner {
 
 // StopSpinnerWithMessage stops a spinner instance and clears it, after writing `finalMsg`
 func StopSpinnerWithMessage(spinner *spinner.Spinner, finalMsg string) {
-	if spinner != nil && spinner.Active() {
+	if spinner != nil {
 		spinner.FinalMSG = finalMsg
 		spinner.Stop()
 	}
@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@ func StopSpinnerWithMessage(spinner *spinner.Spinner, finalMsg string) {
 
 // StopSpinner stops a spinner instance and clears it
 func StopSpinner(spinner *spinner.Spinner) {
-	if spinner != nil && spinner.Active() {
+	if spinner != nil {
 		spinner.Stop()
 	}
 }
 
 // UpdateSpinnerMessage updates the message of the given spinner
 func UpdateSpinnerMessage(spinner *spinner.Spinner, newMessage string) {
-	if spinner != nil && spinner.Active() {
+	if spinner != nil {
 		newMessage = truncateSpinnerMessageToScreen(newMessage)
 		spinner.Suffix = fmt.Sprintf(" %s", newMessage)
 	}