diff --git a/cmd/syft/cli/packages/packages.go b/cmd/syft/cli/packages/packages.go
index a7c1d5521dc..0f87720fb8a 100644
--- a/cmd/syft/cli/packages/packages.go
+++ b/cmd/syft/cli/packages/packages.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/bus"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/config"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/file"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/version"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
@@ -101,14 +102,19 @@ func execWorker(app *config.Application, userInput string, writer sbom.Writer) <
 			},
 		)
 
-		if src != nil {
-			defer src.Close()
-		}
 		if err != nil {
 			errs <- fmt.Errorf("failed to construct source from user input %q: %w", userInput, err)
 			return
 		}
 
+		defer func() {
+			if src != nil {
+				if err := src.Close(); err != nil {
+					log.Tracef("unable to close source: %+v", err)
+				}
+			}
+		}()
+
 		s, err := GenerateSBOM(src, errs, app)
 		if err != nil {
 			errs <- err
diff --git a/cmd/syft/internal/ui/ui.go b/cmd/syft/internal/ui/ui.go
index f8f0fd0ae49..441470b7ce2 100644
--- a/cmd/syft/internal/ui/ui.go
+++ b/cmd/syft/internal/ui/ui.go
@@ -82,12 +82,15 @@ func (m *UI) Teardown(force bool) error {
 	if !force {
 		m.handler.Running.Wait()
 		m.program.Quit()
+		// typically in all cases we would want to wait for the UI to finish. However there are still error cases
+		// that are not accounted for, resulting in hangs. For now, we'll just wait for the UI to finish in the
+		// happy path only. There will always be an indication of the problem to the user via reporting the error
+		// string from the worker (outside of the UI after teardown).
+		m.running.Wait()
 	} else {
 		m.program.Kill()
 	}
 
-	m.running.Wait()
-
 	// TODO: allow for writing out the full log output to the screen (only a partial log is shown currently)
 	// this needs coordination to know what the last frame event is to change the state accordingly (which isn't possible now)