diff --git a/resources/js/electron-plugin/dist/index.js b/resources/js/electron-plugin/dist/index.js
index b4a5746d..ec24f5b8 100644
--- a/resources/js/electron-plugin/dist/index.js
+++ b/resources/js/electron-plugin/dist/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { electronApp, optimizer } from "@electron-toolkit/utils";
 import { retrieveNativePHPConfig, retrievePhpIniSettings, runScheduler, startAPI, startPhpApp, startQueue, } from "./server";
 import { notifyLaravel } from "./server/utils";
 import { resolve } from "path";
+import { stopAllProcesses } from "./server/api/childProcess";
 import ps from "ps-node";
 class NativePHP {
     constructor() {
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ class NativePHP {
             if (this.schedulerInterval) {
                 clearInterval(this.schedulerInterval);
             }
+            stopAllProcesses();
             this.killChildProcesses();
         });
         app.on("browser-window-created", (_, window) => {
diff --git a/resources/js/electron-plugin/dist/server/api/childProcess.js b/resources/js/electron-plugin/dist/server/api/childProcess.js
index 8505d449..9f2228c5 100644
--- a/resources/js/electron-plugin/dist/server/api/childProcess.js
+++ b/resources/js/electron-plugin/dist/server/api/childProcess.js
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
+var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
+    function adopt(value) { return value instanceof P ? value : new P(function (resolve) { resolve(value); }); }
+    return new (P || (P = Promise))(function (resolve, reject) {
+        function fulfilled(value) { try { step(generator.next(value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
+        function rejected(value) { try { step(generator["throw"](value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
+        function step(result) { result.done ? resolve(result.value) : adopt(result.value).then(fulfilled, rejected); }
+        step((generator = generator.apply(thisArg, _arguments || [])).next());
+    });
+};
 import express from 'express';
 import { utilityProcess } from 'electron';
 import state from '../state';
 import { notifyLaravel } from "../utils";
 import { join } from 'path';
 const router = express.Router();
+const killSync = require('kill-sync');
 function startProcess(settings) {
     const { alias, cmd, cwd, env, persistent } = settings;
     if (getProcess(alias) !== undefined) {
@@ -55,8 +65,10 @@ function startProcess(settings) {
                 code,
             }
         });
+        const settings = Object.assign({}, getSettings(alias));
         delete state.processes[alias];
-        if (persistent) {
+        if (settings.persistent) {
+            console.log('Process [' + alias + '] wathchdog restarting...');
             startProcess(settings);
         }
     });
@@ -71,8 +83,14 @@ function stopProcess(alias) {
     if (proc === undefined) {
         return;
     }
-    if (proc.kill()) {
-        delete state.processes[alias];
+    state.processes[alias].settings.persistent = false;
+    console.log('Process [' + alias + '] stopping with PID [' + proc.pid + '].');
+    killSync(proc.pid, 'SIGTERM', true);
+    proc.kill();
+}
+export function stopAllProcesses() {
+    for (const alias in state.processes) {
+        stopProcess(alias);
     }
 }
 function getProcess(alias) {
@@ -92,17 +110,28 @@ router.post('/stop', (req, res) => {
     stopProcess(alias);
     res.sendStatus(200);
 });
-router.post('/restart', (req, res) => {
+router.post('/restart', (req, res) => __awaiter(void 0, void 0, void 0, function* () {
     const { alias } = req.body;
-    const settings = getSettings(alias);
+    const settings = Object.assign({}, getSettings(alias));
     stopProcess(alias);
     if (settings === undefined) {
         res.sendStatus(410);
         return;
     }
+    const waitForProcessDeletion = (timeout, retry) => __awaiter(void 0, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const start = Date.now();
+        while (state.processes[alias] !== undefined) {
+            if (Date.now() - start > timeout) {
+                return;
+            }
+            yield new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, retry));
+        }
+    });
+    yield waitForProcessDeletion(5000, 100);
+    console.log('Process [' + alias + '] restarting...');
     const proc = startProcess(settings);
     res.json(proc);
-});
+}));
 router.get('/get/:alias', (req, res) => {
     const { alias } = req.params;
     const proc = state.processes[alias];
diff --git a/resources/js/electron-plugin/src/index.ts b/resources/js/electron-plugin/src/index.ts
index 3187c354..2daccdca 100644
--- a/resources/js/electron-plugin/src/index.ts
+++ b/resources/js/electron-plugin/src/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from "./server";
 import { notifyLaravel } from "./server/utils";
 import { resolve } from "path";
+import { stopAllProcesses } from "./server/api/childProcess";
 import ps from "ps-node";
 
 class NativePHP {
@@ -58,9 +59,12 @@ class NativePHP {
 
     app.on("before-quit", () => {
       if (this.schedulerInterval) {
-        clearInterval(this.schedulerInterval);
+          clearInterval(this.schedulerInterval);
       }
 
+      // close all child processes from the app
+      stopAllProcesses();
+
       this.killChildProcesses();
     });
 
diff --git a/resources/js/electron-plugin/src/server/api/childProcess.ts b/resources/js/electron-plugin/src/server/api/childProcess.ts
index dcc8382b..0edf064a 100644
--- a/resources/js/electron-plugin/src/server/api/childProcess.ts
+++ b/resources/js/electron-plugin/src/server/api/childProcess.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { notifyLaravel } from "../utils";
 import { join } from 'path';
 
 const router = express.Router();
+const killSync = require('kill-sync');
 
 function startProcess(settings) {
     const {alias, cmd, cwd, env, persistent} = settings;
@@ -75,9 +76,12 @@ function startProcess(settings) {
             }
         });
 
+        const settings = {...getSettings(alias)};
+
         delete state.processes[alias];
 
-        if (persistent) {
+        if (settings.persistent) {
+            console.log('Process [' + alias + '] wathchdog restarting...');
             startProcess(settings);
         }
     });
@@ -96,8 +100,18 @@ function stopProcess(alias) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if (proc.kill()) {
-        delete state.processes[alias];
+    // Set persistent to false to prevent the process from restarting.
+    state.processes[alias].settings.persistent = false;
+
+    console.log('Process [' + alias + '] stopping with PID [' + proc.pid + '].');
+
+    killSync(proc.pid, 'SIGTERM', true); // Kill tree
+    proc.kill(); // Does not work but just in case. (do not put before killSync)
+}
+
+export function stopAllProcesses() {
+    for (const alias in state.processes) {
+        stopProcess(alias);
     }
 }
 
@@ -123,10 +137,10 @@ router.post('/stop', (req, res) => {
     res.sendStatus(200);
 });
 
-router.post('/restart', (req, res) => {
+router.post('/restart', async (req, res) => {
     const {alias} = req.body;
 
-    const settings = getSettings(alias);
+    const settings = {...getSettings(alias)};
 
     stopProcess(alias);
 
@@ -135,8 +149,21 @@ router.post('/restart', (req, res) => {
         return;
     }
 
-    const proc = startProcess(settings);
+    // Wait for the process to stop with a timeout of 5s
+    const waitForProcessDeletion = async (timeout, retry) => {
+        const start = Date.now();
+        while (state.processes[alias] !== undefined) {
+            if (Date.now() - start > timeout) {
+                return;
+            }
+            await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, retry));
+        }
+    };
+
+    await waitForProcessDeletion(5000, 100);
 
+    console.log('Process [' + alias + '] restarting...');
+    const proc = startProcess(settings);
     res.json(proc);
 });
 
diff --git a/resources/js/package-lock.json b/resources/js/package-lock.json
index d58938a5..13143da4 100644
--- a/resources/js/package-lock.json
+++ b/resources/js/package-lock.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
                 "express": "^4.18.2",
                 "fs-extra": "^11.1.1",
                 "get-port": "^5.1.1",
+                "kill-sync": "^1.0.3",
                 "menubar": "^9.4.0",
                 "ps-node": "^0.1.6",
                 "tree-kill": "^1.2.2",
@@ -10926,6 +10927,12 @@
                 "json-buffer": "3.0.1"
             }
         },
+        "node_modules/kill-sync": {
+            "version": "1.0.3",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/kill-sync/-/kill-sync-1.0.3.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-3UKwyIpWxg2WGrYyN3f+Fh68QZ4WApTHWwEnyeDK96HSRy9In9UQvanCwIsaLQV7gOzczotBeoX8jgPNZ1g2Zw==",
+            "license": "MIT"
+        },
         "node_modules/kind-of": {
             "version": "6.0.3",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/kind-of/-/kind-of-6.0.3.tgz",
diff --git a/resources/js/package.json b/resources/js/package.json
index 73a4bac3..a593ba83 100644
--- a/resources/js/package.json
+++ b/resources/js/package.json
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
         "express": "^4.18.2",
         "fs-extra": "^11.1.1",
         "get-port": "^5.1.1",
+        "kill-sync": "^1.0.3",
         "menubar": "^9.4.0",
         "ps-node": "^0.1.6",
         "tree-kill": "^1.2.2",
diff --git a/resources/js/yarn.lock b/resources/js/yarn.lock
index 74e72e13..40dcc540 100644
--- a/resources/js/yarn.lock
+++ b/resources/js/yarn.lock
@@ -1103,15 +1103,15 @@
     minimatch "^3.0.4"
     plist "^3.0.4"
 
-"@esbuild/darwin-arm64@0.18.20":
+"@esbuild/darwin-x64@0.18.20":
   version "0.18.20"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@esbuild/darwin-arm64/-/darwin-arm64-0.18.20.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-bxRHW5kHU38zS2lPTPOyuyTm+S+eobPUnTNkdJEfAddYgEcll4xkT8DB9d2008DtTbl7uJag2HuE5NZAZgnNEA==
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@esbuild/darwin-x64/-/darwin-x64-0.18.20.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-pc5gxlMDxzm513qPGbCbDukOdsGtKhfxD1zJKXjCCcU7ju50O7MeAZ8c4krSJcOIJGFR+qx21yMMVYwiQvyTyQ==
 
-"@esbuild/darwin-arm64@0.21.5":
+"@esbuild/darwin-x64@0.21.5":
   version "0.21.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@esbuild/darwin-arm64/-/darwin-arm64-0.21.5.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-DwqXqZyuk5AiWWf3UfLiRDJ5EDd49zg6O9wclZ7kUMv2WRFr4HKjXp/5t8JZ11QbQfUS6/cRCKGwYhtNAY88kQ==
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@esbuild/darwin-x64/-/darwin-x64-0.21.5.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-se/JjF8NlmKVG4kNIuyWMV/22ZaerB+qaSi5MdrXtd6R08kvs2qCN4C09miupktDitvh8jRFflwGFBQcxZRjbw==
 
 "@eslint-community/eslint-utils@^4.2.0", "@eslint-community/eslint-utils@^4.4.0":
   version "4.4.1"
@@ -4940,6 +4940,11 @@ keyv@^4.0.0, keyv@^4.5.3:
   dependencies:
     json-buffer "3.0.1"
 
+kill-sync@^1.0.3:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/kill-sync/-/kill-sync-1.0.3.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-3UKwyIpWxg2WGrYyN3f+Fh68QZ4WApTHWwEnyeDK96HSRy9In9UQvanCwIsaLQV7gOzczotBeoX8jgPNZ1g2Zw==
+
 kind-of@^6.0.2, kind-of@^6.0.3:
   version "6.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/kind-of/-/kind-of-6.0.3.tgz"