diff --git a/dev/ofunctions.sh b/dev/ofunctions.sh
index 6eb6c25..1bb5006 100755
--- a/dev/ofunctions.sh
+++ b/dev/ofunctions.sh
@@ -388,16 +388,17 @@ function KillChilds {
 			kill -s TERM "$pid"
 			Logger "Sent SIGTERM to process [$pid]." "DEBUG"
 			if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-				sleep 15
-				Logger "Sending SIGTERM to process [$pid] failed." "DEBUG"
-				kill -9 "$pid"
-				if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-					Logger "Sending SIGKILL to process [$pid] failed." "DEBUG"
-					return 1
-				fi	# Simplify the return 0 logic here
-			else
-				return 0
-			fi
+				sleep 60 # Arbitrary wait time to let process terminate gracefully
+				if kill -0 "$pid" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+					Logger "Sending SIGTERM to process [$pid] failed." "DEBUG"
+					kill -9 "$pid"
+					if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+						Logger "Sending SIGKILL to process [$pid] failed." "DEBUG"
+						return 1
+					fi	# Simplify the return 0 logic here
+				else
+					return 0
+				fi
 		else
 			return 0
 		fi