diff --git a/lib/simulator/behaviors/InclusiveGatewayBehavior.js b/lib/simulator/behaviors/InclusiveGatewayBehavior.js
index 159a3f6..d05bc96 100644
--- a/lib/simulator/behaviors/InclusiveGatewayBehavior.js
+++ b/lib/simulator/behaviors/InclusiveGatewayBehavior.js
@@ -14,21 +14,7 @@ export default function InclusiveGatewayBehavior(
 }
 
 InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype.enter = function(context) {
-
-  // join right away if possible
-  if (this._canJoin(context)) {
-    this._join(context);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // join when all reachable tokens exit
-  // do not subscribe if a token of current parent scope is already waiting
-  const elementScopes = this._getElementScopes(context);
-  if (elementScopes.length > 1) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  this._joinWhenPossible(context);
+  this._tryJoin(context);
 };
 
 InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype.exit = function(context) {
@@ -69,44 +55,47 @@ InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype.exit = function(context) {
 
 };
 
-/**
- * Returns true if there are either no remaining scopes in the parent scope, or if they are not
- * reachable from the current element.
- *
- * @returns {Boolean}
- */
-InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype._canJoin = function(context) {
+InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype._tryJoin = function(context) {
+
   const remainingScopes = this._getRemainingScopes(context);
 
-  // there are still some tokens to wait for
-  if (remainingScopes.length && this._canReachAnyScope(remainingScopes, context.element)) {
-    return false;
+  const remainingElements = remainingScopes.map(scope => scope.element);
+
+  // join right away if possible
+  // this implies that there are no remaining scopes
+  // or non of the remaining scopes are reachable
+  if (!this._canReachAnyElement(remainingElements, context.element)) {
+    return this._join(context);
   }
 
-  return true;
-};
+  const elementScopes = this._getElementScopes(context);
 
-InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype._joinWhenPossible = function(context) {
   const {
     scope
   } = context;
-  const remainingScopes = this._getRemainingScopes(context);
+
+  // only subscribe to changes with the first
+  // element scope; prevent unneeded computation
+  if (elementScopes[0] !== scope) {
+    return;
+  }
 
   const event = this._simulator.waitForScopes(scope, remainingScopes);
 
   const subscription = this._simulator.subscribe(scope, event, () => {
     subscription.remove();
 
-    if (this._canJoin(context)) {
-      this._join(context);
-    } else {
-
-      // resubscribe to wait for remaining scopes
-      this._joinWhenPossible(context);
-    }
+    this._tryJoin(context);
   });
 };
 
+/**
+ * Get scopes that may potentially be waited for,
+ * in the context of an inclusive gateway.
+ *
+ * @param {object} context
+ * @return {object[]}
+ */
 InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype._getRemainingScopes = function(context) {
   const {
     scope,
@@ -117,8 +106,9 @@ InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype._getRemainingScopes = function(context) {
     parent: parentScope
   } = scope;
 
-  return this._simulator.findScopes(scope => (
-    scope.parent === parentScope && scope.element !== element));
+  return this._simulator.findScopes(
+    scope => scope.parent === parentScope && scope.element !== element
+  );
 };
 
 InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype._join = function(context) {
@@ -136,6 +126,13 @@ InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype._join = function(context) {
   this._simulator.exit(context);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Get scopes on the element for the given context.
+ *
+ * @param {object} context
+ *
+ * @return {object[]} scopes
+ */
 InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype._getElementScopes = function(context) {
   const {
     element,
@@ -148,26 +145,42 @@ InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype._getElementScopes = function(context) {
   });
 };
 
-InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype._canReachAnyScope = function(scopes, currentElement, traversed = new Set()) {
+/**
+ * Return true if any elements can be reached
+ * from the current element, searching the execution
+ * graph backwards.
+ *
+ * @param {object[]} elements
+ * @param {object} currentElement
+ * @param {Set<object>} traversed
+ *
+ * @return {boolean}
+ */
+InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype._canReachAnyElement = function(elements, currentElement, traversed = new Set()) {
+
+  if (!elements.length) {
+    return false;
+  }
 
   // avoid infinite recursion
   if (traversed.has(currentElement)) {
     return false;
   }
+
   traversed.add(currentElement);
 
-  if (anyScopeIsOnElement(scopes, currentElement)) {
+  if (elements.some(e => e === currentElement)) {
     return true;
   }
 
   if (isSequenceFlow(currentElement)) {
-    return this._canReachAnyScope(scopes, currentElement.source, traversed);
+    return this._canReachAnyElement(elements, currentElement.source, traversed);
   }
 
   const incomingFlows = filterSequenceFlows(currentElement.incoming);
 
   for (const flow of incomingFlows) {
-    if (this._canReachAnyScope(scopes, flow, traversed)) {
+    if (this._canReachAnyElement(elements, flow, traversed)) {
       return true;
     }
   }
@@ -178,8 +191,4 @@ InclusiveGatewayBehavior.prototype._canReachAnyScope = function(scopes, currentE
 InclusiveGatewayBehavior.$inject = [
   'simulator',
   'activityBehavior'
-];
-
-function anyScopeIsOnElement(scopes, element) {
-  return scopes.some(scope => scope.element === element);
-}
+];
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