diff --git a/etc/rc.d/rc.nginx b/etc/rc.d/rc.nginx
index 236349ca3..9f5cf1c5e 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/rc.nginx
+++ b/etc/rc.d/rc.nginx
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ nginx_stop_forced(){
   else
     unraid_api_control stop
     # stop nchan publishers
-    /usr/local/sbin/monitor_nchan stop remove
+    /usr/local/sbin/monitor_nchan kill
     kill -TERM $(cat $PID)
     nginx_waitfor_shutdown
     if ! nginx_running; then REPLY="Stopped"; else REPLY="Failed"; fi
diff --git a/sbin/monitor_nchan b/sbin/monitor_nchan
index 984c439ca..76d50e769 100755
--- a/sbin/monitor_nchan
+++ b/sbin/monitor_nchan
@@ -26,10 +26,16 @@ nchan_start() {
   rm -f $nchan_list
 }
 
+if [[ $1 == kill ]]; then
+  echo "Stopping nchan processes..."
+  nchan_stop
+  rm -f $nchan_pid $disk_load
+  exit
+fi
+
 if [[ $1 == stop ]]; then
   echo "Stopping nchan processes..."
   nchan_stop
-  [[ $2 == remove ]] && rm -f $nchan_pid $disk_load
   exit
 fi