diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4307c56..f22b95a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,11 +2,17 @@ module github.com/francescopepe/formigo
 
 go 1.21
 
-require github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs v1.34.4
+require (
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs v1.34.5
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+)
 
 require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.30.4 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/configsources v1.3.16 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/endpoints/v2 v2.6.16 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.4 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3609e04..c419e11 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,5 +6,17 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/endpoints/v2 v2.6.16 h1:jYfy8UPmd+6kJW5YhY
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/endpoints/v2 v2.6.16/go.mod h1:7ZfEPZxkW42Afq4uQB8H2E2e6ebh6mXTueEpYzjCzcs=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs v1.34.4 h1:FXPO72iKC5YmYNEANltl763bUj8A6qT20wx8Jwvxlsw=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs v1.34.4/go.mod h1:7idt3XszF6sE9WPS1GqZRiDJOxw4oPtlRBXodWnCGjU=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs v1.34.5 h1:HYyVDOC2/PIg+3oBX1q0wtDU5kONki6lrgIG0afrBkY=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs v1.34.5/go.mod h1:7idt3XszF6sE9WPS1GqZRiDJOxw4oPtlRBXodWnCGjU=
 github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.4 h1:2HK1zBdPgRbjFOHlfeQZfpC4r72MOb9bZkiFwggKO+4=
 github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.4/go.mod h1:irrKGvNn1InZwb2d7fkIRNucdfwR8R+Ts3wxYa/cJHg=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/internal/client/client.go b/internal/client/client.go
index 9e24aeb..7b4c7b0 100644
--- a/internal/client/client.go
+++ b/internal/client/client.go
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package client
 
-import "github.com/francescopepe/formigo/internal/messages"
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/francescopepe/formigo/internal/messages"
+)
 
 type MessageReceiver interface {
-	ReceiveMessages() ([]messages.Message, error)
+	ReceiveMessages(ctx context.Context) ([]messages.Message, error)
 }
 
 type MessageDeleter interface {
diff --git a/retriever.go b/retriever.go
index d0939fc..3765e74 100644
--- a/retriever.go
+++ b/retriever.go
@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@ func retriever(ctx context.Context, receiver client.MessageReceiver, ctrl *contr
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
 		default:
-			msgs, err := receiver.ReceiveMessages()
+			msgs, err := receiver.ReceiveMessages(ctx)
 			if err != nil {
+				if errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) && errors.Is(ctx.Err(), context.Canceled) {
+					// The worker's context was canceled. We can exit.
+					return
+				}
+
+				// Report the error to the controller and continue.
 				ctrl.reportError(fmt.Errorf("unable to receive message: %w", err))
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/sqs.go b/sqs.go
index 9beb547..1b09a30 100644
--- a/sqs.go
+++ b/sqs.go
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ type sqsClient struct {
 	messageCtxTimeout   time.Duration
 }
 
-func (c sqsClient) ReceiveMessages() ([]messages.Message, error) {
-	out, err := c.svc.ReceiveMessage(context.Background(), c.receiveMessageInput)
+func (c sqsClient) ReceiveMessages(ctx context.Context) ([]messages.Message, error) {
+	out, err := c.svc.ReceiveMessage(ctx, c.receiveMessageInput)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to receive messages: %w", err)
 	}