The stop command is set to kill -9 here if -force is set: https://github.com/DataIntellectTech/TorQ/blob/master/torq.sh#L302 However it's overridden back to kill -15 here if the host is localhost: https://github.com/DataIntellectTech/TorQ/blob/master/torq.sh#L155 Raised by Edward Richards: https://groups.google.com/g/kdbtorq/c/jYMUhL-JKyg