diff --git a/pyiron_contrib/generic/coscineIo.py b/pyiron_contrib/generic/coscineIo.py
index c899354b2..f4594b4da 100644
--- a/pyiron_contrib/generic/coscineIo.py
+++ b/pyiron_contrib/generic/coscineIo.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import io
 import warnings
 
+from concurrent.futures import Future
 import pyiron_base
 from pyiron_base import state, ProjectHDFio
 from pyiron_base.interfaces.has_groups import HasGroups
@@ -220,6 +221,8 @@ def __init__(
             self._resource = resource._resource
             self._path = resource._path
             return
+        elif isinstance(resource, Future):
+            self._resource = resource.result(timeout=15)
         else:
             raise TypeError(f"Unknown resource type {type(resource)}!")