diff --git a/internal/olsrd/run.go b/internal/olsrd/run.go
index aad476a9..530d35a8 100644
--- a/internal/olsrd/run.go
+++ b/internal/olsrd/run.go
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, stopChan chan struct{}) {
 		} else {
 			fmt.Println("OLSR process exited, restarting it")
 		}
-		run(ctx, stopChan)
+		err = olsrCmd.Process.Signal(os.Signal(syscall.SIGKILL))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("failed to kill process: %v\n", err)
+		}
+		go run(ctx, stopChan)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
 		err = <-processResults
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/vtun/run.go b/internal/vtun/run.go
index 0ba7ded5..b03ba460 100644
--- a/internal/vtun/run.go
+++ b/internal/vtun/run.go
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, stopChan chan struct{}) {
 		} else {
 			fmt.Println("VTun process exited, restarting it")
 		}
-		run(ctx, stopChan)
+		err = vtunCmd.Process.Signal(os.Signal(syscall.SIGKILL))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("failed to kill process: %v\n", err)
+		}
+		go run(ctx, stopChan)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
 		err = <-processResults
 		if err != nil {