diff --git a/lib/pause.js b/lib/pause.js
index de887a08a..5c4472d45 100644
--- a/lib/pause.js
+++ b/lib/pause.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const pause = function (passedObject = {}) {
   })
 
   event.dispatcher.on(event.test.finished, () => {
-    finish()
+    if (typeof finish === 'function') finish()
     recorder.session.restore('pause')
     rl.close()
     history.save()
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ async function parseInput(cmd) {
   recorder.session.start('pause')
   if (cmd === '') next = true
   if (!cmd || cmd === 'resume' || cmd === 'exit') {
-    finish()
+    if (typeof finish === 'function') finish()
     recorder.session.restore('pause')
     rl.close()
     history.save()