diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ed8427..ce331b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## latest
 
+- Explicitly check if time window has converged using the API function `is_time_window_complete()` https://github.com/precice/micro-manager/pull/118
 - Add `MicroManagerSnapshot` enabling snapshot computation and storage of microdata in HDF5 format https://github.com/precice/micro-manager/pull/101
 - Make `sklearn` an optional dependency
 - Move the config variable `micro_dt` from the coupling parameters section to the simulation parameters section https://github.com/precice/micro-manager/pull/114
diff --git a/micro_manager/micro_manager.py b/micro_manager/micro_manager.py
index ca9f12d..9e2a62e 100644
--- a/micro_manager/micro_manager.py
+++ b/micro_manager/micro_manager.py
@@ -284,7 +284,9 @@ def solve(self) -> None:
                         is_sim_active = np.copy(is_sim_active_cp)
                         sim_is_associated_to = np.copy(sim_is_associated_to_cp)
 
-            else:  # Time window has converged, now micro output can be generated
+            if (
+                self._participant.is_time_window_complete()
+            ):  # Time window has converged, now micro output can be generated
                 self._logger.info(
                     "Micro simulations {} - {} have converged at t = {}".format(
                         self._micro_sims[0].get_global_id(),