diff --git a/pagure/lib/__init__.py b/pagure/lib/__init__.py
index 51e8984..0aca725 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/__init__.py
@@ -1410,6 +1410,7 @@ def new_issue(session, repo, title, content, user, ticketfolder, issue_id=None,
     session.add(issue)
     # Make sure we won't have SQLAlchemy error before we create the issue
     session.flush()
+    session.commit()
 
     pagure.lib.git.update_git(
         issue, repo=repo, repofolder=ticketfolder)
diff --git a/pagure/lib/git.py b/pagure/lib/git.py
index 2a9abe2..2a4ce2f 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/git.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/git.py
@@ -215,10 +215,20 @@ def update_git(obj, repo, repofolder):
     else:
         raise NotImplementedError('Unknown object type %s' % obj.isa)
 
-    return pagure.lib.tasks.update_git.delay(
+    queued = pagure.lib.tasks.update_git.delay(
         repo.name, repo.namespace,
         repo.user.username if repo.is_fork else None,
         ticketuid, requestuid)
+    _maybe_wait(queued)
+    return queued
+
+
+def _maybe_wait(result):
+    """ Function to patch if one wants to wait for finish.
+
+    This function should only ever be overridden by a few tests that depend on
+    counting and very precise timing. """
+    pass
 
 
 def _update_git(obj, repo, repofolder):
diff --git a/tests/test_pagure_flask_dump_load_ticket.py b/tests/test_pagure_flask_dump_load_ticket.py
index 48ff558..83809b9 100644
--- a/tests/test_pagure_flask_dump_load_ticket.py
+++ b/tests/test_pagure_flask_dump_load_ticket.py
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ class PagureFlaskDumpLoadTicketTests(tests.Modeltests):
         self.app = pagure.APP.test_client()
 
     @patch('pagure.lib.notify.send_email')
-    def test_dumping_reloading_ticket(self, send_email):
+    @patch('pagure.lib.git._maybe_wait')
+    def test_dumping_reloading_ticket(self, mw, send_email):
         """ Test dumping a ticket into a JSON blob. """
+        mw.side_effect = lambda result: result.get()
         send_email.return_value = True
 
         tests.create_projects(self.session)
@@ -199,6 +201,12 @@ class PagureFlaskDumpLoadTicketTests(tests.Modeltests):
         self.setUp()
         tests.create_projects(self.session)
 
+        # Create repo
+        self.gitrepo = os.path.join(self.path, 'tickets', 'test.git')
+        repopath = os.path.join(self.path, 'tickets')
+        os.makedirs(self.gitrepo)
+        pygit2.init_repository(self.gitrepo, bare=True)
+
         pagure.lib.git.update_ticket_from_git(
             self.session,
             reponame='test',