gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/starter.go b/starter.go
index c65ce00..4d47000 100644
--- a/starter.go
+++ b/starter.go
@@ -517,7 +517,6 @@ func (s *Starter) StartWorker(sigCh chan os.Signal, ch chan processState) *os.Pr
                                        sigs = append(sigs, sig)
                                }
                        }
-
                        // if received any signals, during the wait, we bail out
                        gotSig := false
                        if len(sigs) > 0 {
@@ -534,8 +533,10 @@ func (s *Starter) StartWorker(sigCh chan os.Signal, ch chan processState) *os.Pr
                        }

                        // Check if we can find a process by its pid
-                       p, err := os.FindProcess(pid)
-                       if gotSig || err == nil {
+                       p, _ := os.FindProcess(pid)
+                       var wstatus syscall.WaitStatus
+                       waitpid, _ := syscall.Wait4(pid, &wstatus, syscall.WNOHANG, nil)
+                       if gotSig || waitpid <= 0 {
                                // No error? We were successful! Make sure we capture
                                // the program exiting
                                go func() {