diff --git a/proxy/processgroup.go b/proxy/processgroup.go
index 4f10d0a..cca48c1 100644
--- a/proxy/processgroup.go
+++ b/proxy/processgroup.go
@@ -60,10 +60,20 @@ func (pg *ProcessGroup) ProxyRequest(modelID string, writer http.ResponseWriter,
 	if pg.swap {
 		pg.Lock()
 		if pg.lastUsedProcess != modelID {
+
+			// is there something already running?
 			if pg.lastUsedProcess != "" {
 				pg.processes[pg.lastUsedProcess].Stop()
 			}
+
+			// wait for the request to the new model to be fully handled
+			// and prevent race conditions see issue #277
+			pg.processes[modelID].ProxyRequest(writer, request)
 			pg.lastUsedProcess = modelID
+
+			// short circuit and exit
+			pg.Unlock()
+			return nil
 		}
 		pg.Unlock()
 	}
diff --git a/proxy/processgroup_test.go b/proxy/processgroup_test.go
index 8a1ace8..791a5a9 100644
--- a/proxy/processgroup_test.go
+++ b/proxy/processgroup_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -44,32 +45,49 @@ func TestProcessGroup_HasMember(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, pg.HasMember("model3"))
 }
 
-func TestProcessGroup_ProxyRequestSwapIsTrue(t *testing.T) {
+// TestProcessGroup_ProxyRequestSwapIsTrueParallel tests that when swap is true
+// and multiple requests are made in parallel, only one process is running at a time.
+func TestProcessGroup_ProxyRequestSwapIsTrueParallel(t *testing.T) {
+	var processGroupTestConfig = AddDefaultGroupToConfig(Config{
+		HealthCheckTimeout: 15,
+		Models: map[string]ModelConfig{
+			// use the same listening so if a model is already running, it will fail
+			// this is a way to test that swap isolation is working
+			// properly when there are parallel requests made at the
+			// same time.
+			"model1": getTestSimpleResponderConfigPort("model1", 9832),
+			"model2": getTestSimpleResponderConfigPort("model2", 9832),
+			"model3": getTestSimpleResponderConfigPort("model3", 9832),
+			"model4": getTestSimpleResponderConfigPort("model4", 9832),
+			"model5": getTestSimpleResponderConfigPort("model5", 9832),
+		},
+		Groups: map[string]GroupConfig{
+			"G1": {
+				Swap:    true,
+				Members: []string{"model1", "model2", "model3", "model4", "model5"},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
 	pg := NewProcessGroup("G1", processGroupTestConfig, testLogger, testLogger)
 	defer pg.StopProcesses(StopWaitForInflightRequest)
 
-	tests := []string{"model1", "model2"}
+	tests := []string{"model1", "model2", "model3", "model4", "model5"}
 
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	wg.Add(len(tests))
 	for _, modelName := range tests {
-		t.Run(modelName, func(t *testing.T) {
-			reqBody := `{"x", "y"}`
-			req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/chat/completions", bytes.NewBufferString(reqBody))
+		go func(modelName string) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/chat/completions", nil)
 			w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-
 			assert.NoError(t, pg.ProxyRequest(modelName, w, req))
 			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
 			assert.Contains(t, w.Body.String(), modelName)
-
-			// make sure only one process is in the running state
-			count := 0
-			for _, process := range pg.processes {
-				if process.CurrentState() == StateReady {
-					count++
-				}
-			}
-			assert.Equal(t, 1, count)
-		})
+		}(modelName)
 	}
+	wg.Wait()
 }
 
 func TestProcessGroup_ProxyRequestSwapIsFalse(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/proxy/proxymanager_test.go b/proxy/proxymanager_test.go
index e632be5..f8ba25f 100644
--- a/proxy/proxymanager_test.go
+++ b/proxy/proxymanager_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ func TestProxyManager_SwapProcessCorrectly(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Contains(t, w.Body.String(), modelName)
 	}
 }
-
 func TestProxyManager_SwapMultiProcess(t *testing.T) {
 	config := AddDefaultGroupToConfig(Config{
 		HealthCheckTimeout: 15,