diff --git a/src/check.sh b/src/check.sh
index 3143152..a8769e6 100644
--- a/src/check.sh
+++ b/src/check.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ set -Eeuo pipefail
 
 : ${VM_NET_DEV:='eth0'}
 
-[ ! -f "/run/qemu.pid" ] && echo "QEMU not running yet.." && exit 0
 [ -f "/run/qemu.count" ] && echo "QEMU is shutting down.." && exit 1
+[ ! -f "/run/qemu.pid" ] && echo "QEMU not running yet.." && exit 0
 
 file="/run/dsm.url"
 [ ! -f  "$file" ] && echo "DSM has not enabled networking yet.." && exit 1
diff --git a/src/entry.sh b/src/entry.sh
index d9ba03f..f3ce438 100755
--- a/src/entry.sh
+++ b/src/entry.sh
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@ if [[ "$CONSOLE" == [Yy]* ]]; then
   exit $?
 fi
 
-set -m
-(
-  [[ "$DEBUG" == [Yy1]* ]] && info "$VERS" && set -x
-  qemu-system-x86_64 ${ARGS:+ $ARGS} & echo $! > "$QEMU_PID"
-  { set +x; } 2>/dev/null
-)
-set +m
+[[ "$DEBUG" == [Yy1]* ]] && info "$VERS" && set -x
+qemu-system-x86_64 -daemonize -pidfile "$QEMU_PID" ${ARGS:+ $ARGS}
 
-tail --pid "$(cat "$QEMU_PID")" --follow /dev/null & wait $!
+{ set +x; } 2>/dev/null
+cat /dev/pts/1 2>/dev/null & wait $! || true
+
+sleep 1
+finish 0
diff --git a/src/network.sh b/src/network.sh
index 82bd008..7beb10c 100644
--- a/src/network.sh
+++ b/src/network.sh
@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@ closeNetwork () {
 
   if [[ "$DHCP" == [Yy1]* ]]; then
 
-    { pkill -f server.sh || true; } 2>/dev/null
+    fKill "server.sh"
 
     ip link set "$VM_NET_TAP" down || true
     ip link delete "$VM_NET_TAP" || true
 
   else
 
-    { pkill -f dnsmasq || true; } 2>/dev/null
+    fKill "dnsmasq"
 
     ip link set "$VM_NET_TAP" down promisc off || true
     ip link delete "$VM_NET_TAP" || true
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ closeNetwork () {
 #  Configure Network
 # ######################################
 
-{ pkill -f server.sh || true; } 2>/dev/null
+fKill "server.sh"
 
 # Create the necessary file structure for /dev/net/tun
 if [ ! -c /dev/net/tun ]; then
diff --git a/src/power.sh b/src/power.sh
index 6f64018..54965db 100644
--- a/src/power.sh
+++ b/src/power.sh
@@ -3,38 +3,88 @@ set -Eeuo pipefail
 
 # Configure QEMU for graceful shutdown
 
+API_CMD=6
+API_TIMEOUT=50
+API_HOST="127.0.0.1:2210"
+
 QEMU_PORT=7100
-QEMU_TIMEOUT=55
+QEMU_TIMEOUT=50
 QEMU_PID="/run/qemu.pid"
 QEMU_COUNT="/run/qemu.count"
 
+if [[ "$KVM" == [Nn]* ]]; then
+  API_TIMEOUT=$(( API_TIMEOUT*2 ))
+  QEMU_TIMEOUT=$(( QEMU_TIMEOUT*2 ))
+fi
+
 rm -f "$QEMU_PID"
 rm -f "$QEMU_COUNT"
 
-_trap(){
-    func="$1" ; shift
-    for sig ; do
-        trap "$func $sig" "$sig"
+_trap() {
+  func="$1" ; shift
+  for sig ; do
+    trap "$func $sig" "$sig"
+  done
+}
+
+finish() {
+
+  local pid
+  local reason=$1
+
+  if [ -f "$QEMU_PID" ]; then
+
+    pid="$(cat "$QEMU_PID")"
+    echo && error "Forcefully quitting QEMU process, reason: $reason..."
+    { kill -15 "$pid" || true; } 2>/dev/null
+
+    while isAlive "$pid"; do
+      sleep 1
+      # Workaround for zombie pid
+      [ ! -f "$QEMU_PID" ] && break
     done
+  fi
+
+  fKill "print.sh"
+  fKill "host.bin"
+
+  closeNetwork
+
+  sleep 1
+  echo && info "Shutdown completed!"
+
+  exit "$reason"
 }
 
 _graceful_shutdown() {
 
-  set +e
-  local cnt response
+  local code=$?
+  local pid cnt response
 
-  [ ! -f "$QEMU_PID" ] && exit 130
   [ -f "$QEMU_COUNT" ] && return
-
   echo 0 > "$QEMU_COUNT"
+
+  set +e
   echo && info "Received $1 signal, sending shutdown command..."
 
+  if [ ! -f "$QEMU_PID" ]; then
+    echo && error "QEMU PID file does not exist?"
+    finish "$code" && return "$code"
+  fi
+
+  pid="$(cat "$QEMU_PID")"
+
+  if ! isAlive "$pid"; then
+    echo && error "QEMU process does not exist?"
+    finish "$code" && return "$code"
+  fi
+
   # Don't send the powerdown signal because vDSM ignores ACPI signals
   # echo 'system_powerdown' | nc -q 1 -w 1 localhost "${QEMU_PORT}" > /dev/null
 
   # Send shutdown command to guest agent via serial port
-  url="http://127.0.0.1:2210/read?command=6&timeout=50"
-  response=$(curl -sk -m 52 -S "$url" 2>&1)
+  url="http://$API_HOST/read?command=$API_CMD&timeout=$API_TIMEOUT"
+  response=$(curl -sk -m "$(( API_TIMEOUT+2 ))" -S "$url" 2>&1)
 
   if [[ "$response" =~ "\"success\"" ]]; then
 
@@ -43,19 +93,17 @@ _graceful_shutdown() {
   else
 
     response="${response#*message\"\: \"}"
-    echo && error "Failed to send shutdown command: ${response%%\"*}"
-
-    kill -15 "$(cat "$QEMU_PID")"
-    pkill -f qemu-system-x86_64 || true
+    [ -z "$response" ] && response="second signal"
+    echo && error "Forcefully quitting because of: ${response%%\"*}"
+    { kill -15 "$pid" || true; } 2>/dev/null
 
   fi
 
   while [ "$(cat $QEMU_COUNT)" -lt "$QEMU_TIMEOUT" ]; do
 
-    # Try to connect to qemu
-    if ! echo 'info version'| nc -q 1 -w 1 localhost "$QEMU_PORT" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-      break
-    fi
+    ! isAlive "$pid" && break
+
+    sleep 1
 
     # Increase the counter
     cnt=$(($(cat $QEMU_COUNT)+1))
@@ -63,23 +111,16 @@ _graceful_shutdown() {
 
     [[ "$DEBUG" == [Yy1]* ]] && info "Shutting down, waiting... ($cnt/$QEMU_TIMEOUT)"
 
+    # Workaround for zombie pid
+    [ ! -f "$QEMU_PID" ] && break
+
   done
 
   if [ "$(cat $QEMU_COUNT)" -ge "$QEMU_TIMEOUT" ]; then
-    echo && error "Shutdown timeout reached, forcefully quitting.."
-  else
-    echo && echo "❯ Quitting..."
+    echo && error "Shutdown timeout reached!"
   fi
 
-  echo 'quit' | nc -q 1 -w 1 localhost "$QEMU_PORT" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-
-  { pkill -f print.sh || true; } 2>/dev/null
-  { pkill -f host.bin || true; } 2>/dev/null
-
-  closeNetwork
-  sleep 1
-
-  return
+  finish "$code" && return "$code"
 }
 
 _trap _graceful_shutdown SIGTERM SIGHUP SIGINT SIGABRT SIGQUIT
diff --git a/src/reset.sh b/src/reset.sh
index 54e3831..933e868 100644
--- a/src/reset.sh
+++ b/src/reset.sh
@@ -49,8 +49,41 @@ rm -rf "$STORAGE/tmp"
 
 # Helper functions
 
-getCountry () {
+isAlive() {
+  local pid=$1
 
+  if kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  return 1
+}
+
+pKill() {
+  local pid=$1
+
+  { kill -15 "$pid" || true; } 2>/dev/null
+
+  while isAlive "$pid"; do
+    sleep 0.1
+  done
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+fKill () {
+  local name=$1
+
+  { pkill -f "$name" || true; } 2>/dev/null
+
+  while pgrep -f -l "$name" >/dev/null; do
+    sleep 0.1
+  done
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+getCountry () {
   local url=$1
   local query=$2
   local rc json result
@@ -87,7 +120,6 @@ setCountry () {
 }
 
 addPackage () {
-
   local pkg=$1
   local desc=$2
 
diff --git a/src/serial.sh b/src/serial.sh
index 44796df..2f89e59 100644
--- a/src/serial.sh
+++ b/src/serial.sh
@@ -47,10 +47,9 @@ done
 # Configure serial ports
 
 SERIAL_OPTS="\
-        -serial mon:stdio \
-        -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x3 \
         -chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
         -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 \
+        -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x3 \
         -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,host=127.0.0.1,port=12345,reconnect=10 \
         -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=vchannel"