diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index c291ddf..cf2a47b 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -21,23 +21,27 @@ const createWorkerMiddleware = (worker) => {
     the first argument is ({ dispatch, getState }) by default,
     but we don't actually need them for now.
   */
-  return () => (next) => {
+  return ({ dispatch }) => (next) => {
     if (!next) {
       console.error( // eslint-disable-line no-console
         'Fatal: worker middleware received no `next` action. Check your chain of middlewares.'
       );
     }
 
-    worker.onmessage = ({ data: action }) => { // eslint-disable-line no-param-reassign
-      next(action);
+    /*
+      when the worker posts a message back, dispatch the action with its payload
+      so that it will go through the entire middleware chain
+    */
+    worker.onmessage = ({ data: resultAction }) => { // eslint-disable-line no-param-reassign
+      dispatch(resultAction);
     };
 
     return (action) => {
       if (action.meta && action.meta.WebWorker) {
         worker.postMessage(action);
-      } else {
-        return next(action);
       }
+      // always pass the action along to the next middleware
+      return next(action);
     };
   };
 };
diff --git a/test/__setup__/workerPolyfill.js b/test/__setup__/workerPolyfill.js
index 721f7ad..d3ba2c1 100644
--- a/test/__setup__/workerPolyfill.js
+++ b/test/__setup__/workerPolyfill.js
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
-import { idFn } from '../utils';
-
 export class Worker {
-  constructor(fn = idFn) {
+  constructor(fn = () => (3)) {
     this.fn = fn;
   }
 
   postMessage = (msg) => {
-    if (this.onmessage) {
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        const data = this.fn(msg);
-        this.onmessage({ data });
-      }, 0);
-    }
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      const data = this.fn(msg);
+      this.onmessage({ data });
+    }, 5);
   };
 
   onmessage = undefined;
diff --git a/test/index.spec.js b/test/index.spec.js
index 6665cde..227d6c7 100644
--- a/test/index.spec.js
+++ b/test/index.spec.js
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ describe('createWorkerMiddleware', () => {
     },
   };
 
+  const dispatch = createSpy();
+
   afterEach(() => {
     restoreSpies();
+    dispatch.reset();
   });
 
   it('should yell if `worker` is falsy', () => {
@@ -51,20 +54,28 @@ describe('createWorkerMiddleware', () => {
 
     const middleware = createWorkerMiddleware({});
     expect(() => {
-      middleware()(next)(actionWithWorker);
+      middleware({ dispatch })(next)(actionWithWorker);
     }).toThrow('worker.postMessage is not a function');
   });
 
   it('the worker must be invoked if the action needs it', (done) => {
     const spyWorkerBehavior = createSpy();
-
-    const next = () => {
-      expect(spyWorkerBehavior).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      done();
+    const spyWorker = new window.Worker(spyWorkerBehavior);
+    // const postMessageSpy = spyOn(spyWorker, 'postMessage');
+
+    const makeNext = (action) => (newAction) => {
+      // expect(postMessageSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(actionWithWorker);
+      expect(newAction).toEqual(action);
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        expect(spyWorkerBehavior).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        done();
+      }, 10);
     };
 
-    const middleware = createWorkerMiddleware(new window.Worker(spyWorkerBehavior));
-    middleware()(next)(actionWithWorker);
+    const next = makeNext(actionWithWorker);
+
+    const middleware = createWorkerMiddleware(spyWorker);
+    middleware({ dispatch })(next)(actionWithWorker);
   });
 
   it('the worker shouldn\'t be invoked if the action doesn\'t need it', (done) => {
@@ -76,36 +87,41 @@ describe('createWorkerMiddleware', () => {
     };
 
     const middleware = createWorkerMiddleware(new window.Worker(spyWorkerBehavior));
-    middleware()(next)(actionWithoutWorker);
+    middleware({ dispatch })(next)(actionWithoutWorker);
   });
 
-  it('when the action needs a worker, it should eventually pass an action to ' +
-     '`dispatch` or the next middleware after the worker finishes processing', (done) => {
-    const makeNext = (oldAction) => (newAction) => {
-      expect(newAction).toBe(oldAction);
-      done();
+  it('when the action needs a worker, it should pass along the action with ' +
+    '`next` so that the next middleware in the chain sees it', (done) => {
+    const makeNext = (action) => (newAction) => {
+      expect(newAction).toBe(action);
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        expect(dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(3);
+        done();
+      }, 10);
     };
 
     const next = makeNext(actionWithWorker);
 
     const middleware = createWorkerMiddleware(new window.Worker());
-    middleware()(next)(actionWithWorker);
+    middleware({ dispatch })(next)(actionWithWorker);
   });
 
-  it('when the action doesn\'t need a worker, it should directly pass an action to ' +
-     '`dispatch` or the next middleware without modifying it', (done) => {
-    const makeNext = (oldAction) => (newAction) => {
-      expect(newAction).toBe(oldAction);
+  it('when the action doesn\'t need a worker, it should also pass along the action with ' +
+    '`next` so that the next middleware in the chain sees it', (done) => {
+    const makeNext = (action) => (newAction) => {
+      expect(newAction).toBe(action);
       done();
     };
 
     const next = makeNext(actionWithoutWorker);
 
     const middleware = createWorkerMiddleware(new window.Worker());
-    middleware()(next)(actionWithoutWorker);
+    middleware({ dispatch })(next)(actionWithoutWorker);
+    expect(dispatch).toNotHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it('should return a correct result if the action needs a worker', (done) => {
+  it('when the action needs a worker, it should still pass along the action with ' +
+    '`next`, and it should dipsatch the action returned from the worker', (done) => {
     const workerBehavior = (action) => ({
       ...action,
       payload: {
@@ -115,14 +131,18 @@ describe('createWorkerMiddleware', () => {
       },
     });
 
-    const makeNext = (oldAction) => (newAction) => {
-      expect(newAction).toEqual(workerBehavior(oldAction));
-      done();
+    const spyDispatch = (action) => (dispatchedAction) => {
+      expect(dispatchedAction).toEqual(workerBehavior(action));
+    };
+
+    const makeNext = (action) => (newAction) => {
+      expect(newAction).toEqual(action);
+      setTimeout(() => { done(); }, 10);
     };
 
     const next = makeNext(actionWithWorker);
 
     const middleware = createWorkerMiddleware(new window.Worker(workerBehavior));
-    middleware()(next)(actionWithWorker);
+    middleware({ dispatch: spyDispatch })(next)(actionWithWorker);
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/utils.js b/test/utils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 48ae477..0000000
--- a/test/utils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-export const noop = () => {}; // eslint-disable-line arrow-body-style
-export const idFn = (x) => x;