diff --git a/pkg/leakybucket/bucket.go b/pkg/leakybucket/bucket.go
index 7f2be17a6..1c508aab9 100644
--- a/pkg/leakybucket/bucket.go
+++ b/pkg/leakybucket/bucket.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	//"log"
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/time/rate"
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/mohae/deepcopy"
 	"gopkg.in/tomb.v2"
 
 	//rate "time/rate"
@@ -208,11 +209,17 @@ func LeakRoutine(leaky *Leaky) error {
 	/*todo : we create a logger at runtime while we want leakroutine to be up asap, might not be a good idea*/
 	leaky.logger = leaky.BucketConfig.logger.WithFields(log.Fields{"capacity": leaky.Capacity, "partition": leaky.Mapkey, "bucket_id": leaky.Uuid})
 
+	//We copy the processors, as they are coming from the BucketFactory, and thus are shared between buckets
+	//If we don't copy, processors using local cache (such as Uniq) are subject to race conditions
+	//This can lead to creating buckets that will discard their first events, preventing the underflow ticker from being initialized
+	//and preventing them from being destroyed
+	processors := deepcopy.Copy(leaky.BucketConfig.processors).([]Processor)
+
 	leaky.Signal <- true
 	atomic.AddInt64(&LeakyRoutineCount, 1)
 	defer atomic.AddInt64(&LeakyRoutineCount, -1)
 
-	for _, f := range leaky.BucketConfig.processors {
+	for _, f := range processors {
 		err := f.OnBucketInit(leaky.BucketConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			leaky.logger.Errorf("Problem at bucket initializiation. Bail out %T : %v", f, err)
@@ -227,7 +234,7 @@ func LeakRoutine(leaky *Leaky) error {
 		/*receiving an event*/
 		case msg := <-leaky.In:
 			/*the msg var use is confusing and is redeclared in a different type :/*/
-			for _, processor := range leaky.BucketConfig.processors {
+			for _, processor := range processors {
 				msg = processor.OnBucketPour(leaky.BucketConfig)(*msg, leaky)
 				// if &msg == nil we stop processing
 				if msg == nil {