diff --git a/src/app/main.prerequisites.hpp b/src/app/main.prerequisites.hpp
index 90a32f75d2..c88838c7a0 100644
--- a/src/app/main.prerequisites.hpp
+++ b/src/app/main.prerequisites.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /******************************************************************************
- * Copyright © 2013-2021 The Komodo Platform Developers.                      *
+ * Copyright © 2013-2023 The Komodo Platform Developers.                      *
  *                                                                            *
  * See the AUTHORS, DEVELOPER-AGREEMENT and LICENSE files at                  *
  * the top-level directory of this distribution for the individual copyright  *
@@ -180,15 +180,15 @@ static void init_logging()
     auto rotating_sink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::rotating_file_sink_mt>(path.string(), spdlog_max_file_size, spdlog_max_file_rotation);
 #endif
 
+#if defined(DEBUG) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)
     std::vector<spdlog::sink_ptr> sinks{stdout_sink, rotating_sink};
+#else
+    std::vector<spdlog::sink_ptr> sinks{rotating_sink};
+#endif
     auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::async_logger>("log_mt", sinks.begin(), sinks.end(), tp, spdlog::async_overflow_policy::block);
     spdlog::register_logger(logger);
     spdlog::set_default_logger(logger);
-#ifdef DEBUG
     spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::trace);
-#else
-    spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::info);
-#endif
     spdlog::set_pattern("[%T] [%^%l%$] [%s:%#] [%t]: %v");
 }
 
@@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ inline int
 run_app(int argc, char** argv)
 {
 #if !defined(ATOMICDEX_HOT_RELOAD)
-    SPDLOG_INFO("Installing qt_message_handler");
+    SPDLOG_DEBUG("Installing qt_message_handler");
     qInstallMessageHandler(&qt_message_handler);
 #endif
-    SPDLOG_INFO(
+    SPDLOG_DEBUG(
         "SSL: {} {} {}", QSslSocket::supportsSsl(), QSslSocket::sslLibraryBuildVersionString().toStdString(),
         QSslSocket::sslLibraryVersionString().toStdString());
 
diff --git a/src/core/atomicdex/utilities/kill.cpp b/src/core/atomicdex/utilities/kill.cpp
index 55fa3c5221..b4b225b3fc 100644
--- a/src/core/atomicdex/utilities/kill.cpp
+++ b/src/core/atomicdex/utilities/kill.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /******************************************************************************
- * Copyright © 2013-2021 The Komodo Platform Developers.                      *
+ * Copyright © 2013-2023 The Komodo Platform Developers.                      *
  *                                                                            *
  * See the AUTHORS, DEVELOPER-AGREEMENT and LICENSE files at                  *
  * the top-level directory of this distribution for the individual copyright  *
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
  *                                                                            *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+
 //! PCH Headers
 #include "atomicdex/pch.hpp"
 
@@ -26,11 +29,30 @@ namespace atomic_dex
     kill_executable(const char* exec_name)
     {
 #if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__linux__)
-        std::string cmd_line = "killall " + std::string(exec_name);
-        std::system(cmd_line.c_str());
+        std::string cmd_line_check = "pgrep " + std::string(exec_name);
+        std::string response = execute(cmd_line_check);
+        if (response != "")
+        {
+            std::string cmd_line = "killall " + std::string(exec_name);
+            std::string response = execute(cmd_line);
+        }
 #else
         std::string cmd_line = "taskkill /F /IM " + std::string(exec_name) + ".exe /T";
-        std::system(cmd_line.c_str());
+        std::string response = execute(cmd_line);
 #endif
     }
+
+    std::string
+    execute(const std::string& command)
+    {
+        system((command + " > temp.txt").c_str());
+
+        std::ifstream ifs("temp.txt");
+        std::string ret{ std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(ifs), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>() };
+        ifs.close(); // must close the inout stream so the file can be cleaned up
+        if (std::remove("temp.txt") != 0) {
+            SPDLOG_DEBUG("Error deleting temporary file");
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
 } // namespace atomic_dex
diff --git a/src/core/atomicdex/utilities/kill.hpp b/src/core/atomicdex/utilities/kill.hpp
index 787013adbe..f295cb43b2 100644
--- a/src/core/atomicdex/utilities/kill.hpp
+++ b/src/core/atomicdex/utilities/kill.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /******************************************************************************
- * Copyright © 2013-2021 The Komodo Platform Developers.                      *
+ * Copyright © 2013-2023 The Komodo Platform Developers.                      *
  *                                                                            *
  * See the AUTHORS, DEVELOPER-AGREEMENT and LICENSE files at                  *
  * the top-level directory of this distribution for the individual copyright  *
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@
 namespace atomic_dex
 {
     ENTT_API void kill_executable(const char* exec_name);
+    std::string execute(const std::string& command);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/atomicdex/utilities/log.prerequisites.hpp b/src/core/atomicdex/utilities/log.prerequisites.hpp
index c9d4db54e8..09fd2333ed 100644
--- a/src/core/atomicdex/utilities/log.prerequisites.hpp
+++ b/src/core/atomicdex/utilities/log.prerequisites.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /******************************************************************************
- * Copyright © 2013-2021 The Komodo Platform Developers.                      *
+ * Copyright © 2013-2023 The Komodo Platform Developers.                      *
  *                                                                            *
  * See the AUTHORS, DEVELOPER-AGREEMENT and LICENSE files at                  *
  * the top-level directory of this distribution for the individual copyright  *