diff --git a/cns.init b/cns.init
index 83365f6..fb0de39 100644
--- a/cns.init
+++ b/cns.init
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stop()
 	status | grep stopped && return 0
 	echo -n "Stopping cns:"
 	kill `cat [cns_install_dir]/run.pid 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null
-	kill -9 `pidof cns` >/dev/null 2>&1
+	kill -9 $(pgrep -f "./cns -json") 2>/dev/null
 	sleep 1
 	grep -q cns /proc/`cat [cns_install_dir]/run.pid`/comm 2>/dev/null && \
 		echo -e "\033[60G[\033[31mFAILED\033[0m]" || \