diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 244e2d371..ec02c411f 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Contributors
 The following wonderful people contributed directly or indirectly to this project:
 
 - `Alateas <https://github.com/alateas>`_
+- `Ales Dokshanin <https://github.com/alesdokshanin>`_
 - `Ambro17 <https://github.com/Ambro17>`_
 - `Anton Tagunov <https://github.com/anton-tagunov>`_
 - `Avanatiker <https://github.com/Avanatiker>`_
diff --git a/telegram/ext/dispatcher.py b/telegram/ext/dispatcher.py
index 860896fa7..8fbfbfc97 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/dispatcher.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/dispatcher.py
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ class Dispatcher(object):
 
             self.logger.debug('Processing Update: %s' % update)
             self.process_update(update)
+            self.update_queue.task_done()
 
         self.running = False
         self.logger.debug('Dispatcher thread stopped')