diff --git a/package/lcd4linux/files-skel/etc/init.d/lcd4linux b/package/lcd4linux/files-skel/etc/init.d/lcd4linux
index 417464c9..4a6f9a1c 100755
--- a/package/lcd4linux/files-skel/etc/init.d/lcd4linux
+++ b/package/lcd4linux/files-skel/etc/init.d/lcd4linux
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@ doStop() {
 		for CHILD in $CHILDS; do
 			kill -KILL $CHILD
 		done
-		sleep 5
 
 		# terminate main process
-		kill -TERM $PID > /dev/null 2>&1 &
-		sleep 5
+		kill -TERM $PID
+		sleep 2
 	fi
 }