diff --git a/examples/local.js b/examples/local.js
index 4c710b9..1425a0c 100644
--- a/examples/local.js
+++ b/examples/local.js
@@ -3,22 +3,22 @@ var launch = require('../lib');
 launch.local(function(err, launcher) {
 	// User the launcher api
 	launcher('http://github.com/ekryski', {
-		browser : 'canary'
+		browser : 'chrome'
 	}, function(error, worker) {
 		if(error) {
 			console.log('Error:', error);
 			return;
 		}
-		console.log('Launched Opera. Process id:', worker.id);
+		console.log('Launched Safari. Process id:', worker.id);
 		setTimeout(function() {
 			worker.stop(function() {
-				console.log('Opera stopped');
+				console.log('Safari stopped');
 			});
-		}, 4000);
+		}, 10000);
 	});
 
 	// Short hand launcher
-	launcher.aurora('http://github.com/daffl', function(error, worker) {
+	launcher.firefox('http://github.com/daffl', function(error, worker) {
 		if(error) {
 			console.log('Error:', error);
 			return;
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ launch.local(function(err, launcher) {
 			worker.stop(function() {
 				console.log('Firefox stopped');
 			});
-		}, 2000);
+		}, 6000);
 	});
 });
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diff --git a/lib/local/index.js b/lib/local/index.js
index 7d920b6..a666f19 100644
--- a/lib/local/index.js
+++ b/lib/local/index.js
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ module.exports = function (settings, callback) {
 
 			var args = browser.args || [];
 			args.push(url);
-			callback(null, instance.start(browser.command, args, settings, browser), normalize(browser));
+			instance.start(browser.command, args, settings, browser, function(err, instance) {
+				if(err) {
+					return callback(err);
+				}
+				return callback(null, instance, normalize(browser));
+			})
 		}
 
 
diff --git a/lib/local/instance.js b/lib/local/instance.js
index aeff97c..bcc288e 100644
--- a/lib/local/instance.js
+++ b/lib/local/instance.js
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@ var spawn = require("child_process").spawn;
 var exec = require("child_process").exec;
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
+var getProcessId = function(name, callback) {
+	// Get the process with the given name if it is running
+	exec("ps -clx | grep '" + name + "$' | awk '{print $2}' | head -1", function(err, stdout) {
+		var pid = stdout.trim();
+		if(!pid) {
+			return callback(new Error('There does not seem to be a ' + name + ' process running'));
+		}
+		callback(null, pid);
+	});
+}
+
 var Instance = function (cmd, args, settings, options) {
 	this.options = options || {};
 	var self = this;
@@ -28,6 +39,14 @@ var Instance = function (cmd, args, settings, options) {
 
 Instance.prototype = new EventEmitter();
 
+Instance.prototype.getPid = function(callback) {
+	if(this.options.process) {
+		getProcessId(this.options.process, callback);
+	} else {
+		callback(null, this.process.pid);
+	}
+}
+
 Instance.prototype.stop = function (callback) {
 	if(callback) {
 		this.once('stop', function(data) {
@@ -36,7 +55,14 @@ Instance.prototype.stop = function (callback) {
 	}
 
 	if(this.options.process && process.platform !== 'win32') {
-		spawn('killall', [this.options.process]);
+		this.getPid(function(err, pid) {
+			if(err) {
+				callback(err);
+			}
+
+			// We kill the process with SIGTERM (requesting termination)
+			spawn('kill', ['-s', 'TERM', pid]);
+		});
 	} else {
 		this.process.kill();
 	}
@@ -53,6 +79,18 @@ exports.Instance = Instance;
  * @param callback function(error, instance) Callback after the instance is started
  * @see http://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process
  */
-exports.start = function (cmd, args, settings, options) {
-	return new Instance(cmd, args, settings, options);
+exports.start = function (cmd, args, settings, options, callback) {
+	var getInstance = function() {
+		return new Instance(cmd, args, settings, options)
+	}
+	if(options.process) {
+		getProcessId(options.process, function(err, pid) {
+			if(!err) {
+				return callback(new Error(options.process + ' seems already running with process id ' + pid));
+			}
+			return callback(null, getInstance());
+		});
+	} else {
+		callback(null, getInstance());
+	}
 };