diff --git a/kill_daemons.sh b/kill_daemons.sh
index 81f1fb0..8c9ea91 100755
--- a/kill_daemons.sh
+++ b/kill_daemons.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
-pkill sysrepod
-pkill sysrepo-plugind
-pkill netopeer2-serve
+set -eux -o pipefail
+shopt -s failglob
+
+RET=0
+pkill -9 netopeer2 || RET=$?
+pkill -9 sysrepo-plugind || RET=$?
+pkill -9 sysrepod || RET=$?
+exit $RET