diff --git a/lib/tty/spinner.rb b/lib/tty/spinner.rb
index 9579973..dfc46e7 100644
--- a/lib/tty/spinner.rb
+++ b/lib/tty/spinner.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ class Spinner
     TICK = '✔'.freeze
     CROSS = '✖'.freeze
 
+    CURSOR_USAGE_LOCK = Monitor.new
+
     # The object that responds to print call defaulting to stderr
     #
     # @api public
@@ -159,15 +161,17 @@ def start
       reset
     end
 
-    SPINNER_START_LOCK = Mutex.new
     # Start automatic spinning animation
     #
     # @api public
     def auto_spin
-      SPINNER_START_LOCK.synchronize do
+      CURSOR_USAGE_LOCK.synchronize do
         start
         sleep_time = 1.0 / @interval
+
+        spin
         @thread = Thread.new do
+          sleep(sleep_time)
           while @started_at
             spin
             sleep(sleep_time)
@@ -339,11 +343,9 @@ def reset
 
     private
 
-    LOCK = Mutex.new
-
     def execute_on_line
       if @multispinner
-        LOCK.synchronize do
+        CURSOR_USAGE_LOCK.synchronize do
           lines_up = @multispinner.count_line_offset(@index)
 
           if @first_run
diff --git a/lib/tty/spinner/multi.rb b/lib/tty/spinner/multi.rb
index a2a46a9..b5b43d0 100644
--- a/lib/tty/spinner/multi.rb
+++ b/lib/tty/spinner/multi.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ class Multi
       def initialize(options = {})
         @options = options
 
+        @create_spinner_lock = Mutex.new
+
         @spinners = []
         @callbacks = {
           success: [],
@@ -36,8 +38,12 @@ def initialize(options = {})
       # @api public
       def register(pattern, options = {})
         spinner = TTY::Spinner.new(pattern, @options.merge(options))
-        spinner.add_multispinner(self, @spinners.length)
-        @spinners << spinner
+
+        @create_spinner_lock.synchronize do
+          spinner.add_multispinner(self, @spinners.length)
+          @spinners << spinner
+        end
+
         spinner
       end