diff --git a/kaminpar-cli/kaminpar_arguments.cc b/kaminpar-cli/kaminpar_arguments.cc
index b83ed319..95519d64 100644
--- a/kaminpar-cli/kaminpar_arguments.cc
+++ b/kaminpar-cli/kaminpar_arguments.cc
@@ -528,6 +528,9 @@ CLI::Option_group *create_kway_fm_refinement_options(CLI::App *app, Context &ctx
   )
       ->capture_default_str();
 
+  fm->add_option("--r-fm-minimal-parallelism-pm", ctx.refinement.kway_fm.minimal_parallelism)
+      ->capture_default_str();
+
   // Flags for debugging / analysis
   fm->add_flag(
         "--r-fm-dbg-batch-stats",
@@ -536,6 +539,8 @@ CLI::Option_group *create_kway_fm_refinement_options(CLI::App *app, Context &ctx
         "compute on some irregular graphs)."
   )
       ->capture_default_str();
+  fm->add_flag("--r-fm-dbg-report-progress", ctx.refinement.kway_fm.dbg_report_progress)
+      ->capture_default_str();
 
   return fm;
 }
diff --git a/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h b/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h
index cc2650ea..86a73da5 100644
--- a/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h
+++ b/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h
@@ -263,7 +263,10 @@ struct KwayFMRefinementContext {
   EdgeID constant_high_degree_threshold;
   double k_based_high_degree_threshold;
 
+  int minimal_parallelism;
+
   bool dbg_compute_batch_stats;
+  bool dbg_report_progress;
 };
 
 struct JetRefinementContext {
diff --git a/kaminpar-shm/presets.cc b/kaminpar-shm/presets.cc
index bce83886..03b926da 100644
--- a/kaminpar-shm/presets.cc
+++ b/kaminpar-shm/presets.cc
@@ -213,7 +213,10 @@ Context create_default_context() {
                       .constant_high_degree_threshold = 0,
                       .k_based_high_degree_threshold = 1.0,
 
+                      .minimal_parallelism = std::numeric_limits<int>::max(),
+
                       .dbg_compute_batch_stats = false,
+                      .dbg_report_progress = false,
                   },
               .balancer = {},
               .jet =
diff --git a/kaminpar-shm/refinement/fm/border_nodes.h b/kaminpar-shm/refinement/fm/border_nodes.h
index a912a7a8..727121bf 100644
--- a/kaminpar-shm/refinement/fm/border_nodes.h
+++ b/kaminpar-shm/refinement/fm/border_nodes.h
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ template <typename GainCache> class BorderNodes {
     return _next_border_node < _border_nodes.size();
   }
 
+  [[nodiscard]] std::size_t remaining() const {
+    return _border_nodes.size() - std::min<std::size_t>(_border_nodes.size(), _next_border_node);
+  }
+
   [[nodiscard]] std::size_t size() const {
     return _border_nodes.size();
   }
diff --git a/kaminpar-shm/refinement/fm/fm_refiner.cc b/kaminpar-shm/refinement/fm/fm_refiner.cc
index 9b189d90..f9fb08e7 100644
--- a/kaminpar-shm/refinement/fm/fm_refiner.cc
+++ b/kaminpar-shm/refinement/fm/fm_refiner.cc
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ template <typename GainCache> struct SharedData {
   StaticArray<std::size_t> shared_pq_handles;
   StaticArray<BlockID> target_blocks;
   GlobalStatistics stats;
+
+  std::atomic<std::uint8_t> abort = 0;
 };
 
 template <typename Graph, typename GainCache> class LocalizedFMRefiner {
@@ -125,7 +127,10 @@ template <typename Graph, typename GainCache> class LocalizedFMRefiner {
     EdgeWeight current_total_gain = 0;
     EdgeWeight best_total_gain = 0;
 
-    while (update_block_pq() && !_stopping_policy.should_stop()) {
+    int steps = 0;
+
+    while (update_block_pq() && !_stopping_policy.should_stop() &&
+           ((++steps %= 64) || !_shared.abort.load(std::memory_order_relaxed))) {
       const BlockID block_from = _block_pq.peek_id();
       KASSERT(block_from < _p_graph.k());
 
@@ -509,6 +514,9 @@ class FMRefinerCore : public Refiner {
       } else {
         START_TIMER("Localized searches, coarse level");
       }
+
+      std::atomic<int> num_finished_workers = 0;
+
       tbb::parallel_for<int>(0, _ctx.parallel.num_threads, [&](int) {
         auto &expected_gain = expected_gain_ets.local();
         auto &localized_refiner = *localized_fm_refiner_ets.local();
@@ -517,6 +525,10 @@ class FMRefinerCore : public Refiner {
         // that are still available, continuing this process until there are
         // no more border nodes
         while (_shared->border_nodes.has_more()) {
+          if (_fm_ctx.dbg_report_progress) {
+            LLOG << " " << _shared->border_nodes.remaining();
+          }
+
           const auto expected_batch_gain = localized_refiner.run_batch();
           expected_gain += expected_batch_gain;
 
@@ -529,6 +541,10 @@ class FMRefinerCore : public Refiner {
               )
           );
         }
+
+        if (++num_finished_workers >= _fm_ctx.minimal_parallelism) {
+          _shared->abort = 1;
+        }
       });
       STOP_TIMER();
 
diff --git a/kaminpar-shm/refinement/fm/stopping_policies.h b/kaminpar-shm/refinement/fm/stopping_policies.h
index ce310eed..28814274 100644
--- a/kaminpar-shm/refinement/fm/stopping_policies.h
+++ b/kaminpar-shm/refinement/fm/stopping_policies.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <cmath>
+#include <iostream>
 
 #include "kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h"