diff --git a/monitors.go b/monitors.go
index ac5b3fa..b47a218 100644
--- a/monitors.go
+++ b/monitors.go
@@ -35,54 +35,73 @@ type Monitor struct {
 
 // Polls the scheduler every certain amount of time to see if the update has succeeded
 func (m *Monitor) JobUpdate(updateKey aurora.JobUpdateKey, interval int, timeout int) (bool, error) {
+	status, err := m.JobUpdateStatus(updateKey,
+		map[aurora.JobUpdateStatus]bool{
+			aurora.JobUpdateStatus_ROLLED_FORWARD: true,
+			aurora.JobUpdateStatus_ROLLED_BACK: true,
+			aurora.JobUpdateStatus_ABORTED: true,
+			aurora.JobUpdateStatus_ERROR: true,
+			aurora.JobUpdateStatus_FAILED: true,
+		},
+		time.Duration(interval) * time.Second,
+		time.Duration(timeout) * time.Second)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	// Rolled forward is the only state in which an update has been successfully updated
+	// if we encounter an inactive state and it is not at rolled forward, update failed
+	switch status {
+	case aurora.JobUpdateStatus_ROLLED_FORWARD:
+		m.Client.RealisConfig().logger.Println("Update succeeded")
+		return true, nil
+	case aurora.JobUpdateStatus_FAILED:
+		m.Client.RealisConfig().logger.Println("Update failed")
+		return false, errors.New(UpdateFailed)
+	case aurora.JobUpdateStatus_ROLLED_BACK:
+		m.Client.RealisConfig().logger.Println("rolled back")
+		return false, errors.New(RolledBack)
+	default:
+		return false, nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *Monitor) JobUpdateStatus(updateKey aurora.JobUpdateKey, desiredStatuses map[aurora.JobUpdateStatus]bool, interval, timeout time.Duration) (aurora.JobUpdateStatus, error) {
 
 	updateQ := aurora.JobUpdateQuery{
 		Key:   &updateKey,
 		Limit: 1,
 	}
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second * time.Duration(interval))
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
-	timer := time.NewTimer(time.Second * time.Duration(timeout))
+	timer := time.NewTimer(timeout)
 	defer timer.Stop()
+
 	var cliErr error
 	var respDetail *aurora.Response
-
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ticker.C:
 			respDetail, cliErr = m.Client.JobUpdateDetails(updateQ)
 			if cliErr != nil {
-				return false, cliErr
+				return aurora.JobUpdateStatus(-1), cliErr
 			}
 
 			updateDetail := response.JobUpdateDetails(respDetail)
 
 			if len(updateDetail) == 0 {
 				m.Client.RealisConfig().logger.Println("No update found")
-				return false, errors.New("No update found for " + updateKey.String())
+				return aurora.JobUpdateStatus(-1), errors.New("No update found for " + updateKey.String())
 			}
 			status := updateDetail[0].Update.Summary.State.Status
 
-			if _, ok := aurora.ACTIVE_JOB_UPDATE_STATES[status]; !ok {
-
-				// Rolled forward is the only state in which an update has been successfully updated
-				// if we encounter an inactive state and it is not at rolled forward, update failed
-				switch status {
-				case aurora.JobUpdateStatus_ROLLED_FORWARD:
-					m.Client.RealisConfig().logger.Println("Update succeeded")
-					return true, nil
-				case aurora.JobUpdateStatus_FAILED:
-					m.Client.RealisConfig().logger.Println("Update failed")
-					return false, errors.New(UpdateFailed)
-				case aurora.JobUpdateStatus_ROLLED_BACK:
-					m.Client.RealisConfig().logger.Println("rolled back")
-					return false, errors.New(RolledBack)
-				default:
-					return false, nil
-				}
+			if _, ok := desiredStatuses[status]; ok {
+				return status, nil
 			}
+
 		case <-timer.C:
-			return false, errors.New(Timeout)
+			return aurora.JobUpdateStatus(-1), errors.New(Timeout)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/realis.go b/realis.go
index d274fd0..3598715 100644
--- a/realis.go
+++ b/realis.go
@@ -786,7 +786,16 @@ func (r *realisClient) AbortJobUpdate(updateKey aurora.JobUpdateKey, message str
 	if retryErr != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(retryErr, "Error sending AbortJobUpdate command to Aurora Scheduler")
 	}
-	return resp, nil
+
+	// Make this call synchronous by  blocking until it job has successfully transitioned to aborted
+	m := Monitor{Client: r}
+	_, err := m.JobUpdateStatus(updateKey, map[aurora.JobUpdateStatus]bool{aurora.JobUpdateStatus_ABORTED:true},time.Second * 5, time.Minute)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return resp, err
+	} else {
+		return resp, nil
+	}
 }
 
 //Pause Job Update. UpdateID is returned from StartJobUpdate or the Aurora web UI.