diff --git a/proxy/process.go b/proxy/process.go
index 3490446..05c6bac 100644
--- a/proxy/process.go
+++ b/proxy/process.go
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ func (p *Process) start() error {
 				if time.Since(p.lastRequestHandled) > maxDuration {
 					fmt.Fprintf(p.logMonitor, "!!! Unloading model %s, TTL of %ds reached.\n", p.ID, p.config.UnloadAfter)
 					p.Stop()
+					return
 				}
 			}
 		}()
@@ -165,7 +166,6 @@ func (p *Process) Stop() {
 	// Pretty sure this stopping code needs some work for windows and
 	// will be a source of pain in the future.
 
-	p.cmd.Process.Signal(syscall.SIGTERM)
 	sigtermTimeout, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -174,9 +174,11 @@ func (p *Process) Stop() {
 		sigtermNormal <- p.cmd.Wait()
 	}()
 
+	p.cmd.Process.Signal(syscall.SIGTERM)
+
 	select {
 	case <-sigtermTimeout.Done():
-		fmt.Fprintf(p.logMonitor, "!!! process for %s timed out waiting to stop\n", p.ID)
+		fmt.Fprintf(p.logMonitor, "XXX Process for %s timed out waiting to stop, sending SIGKILL to PID: %d\n", p.ID, p.cmd.Process.Pid)
 		p.cmd.Process.Kill()
 		p.cmd.Wait()
 	case err := <-sigtermNormal:
diff --git a/proxy/process_test.go b/proxy/process_test.go
index 1367ff0..0fdfdec 100644
--- a/proxy/process_test.go
+++ b/proxy/process_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ func TestProcess_BrokenModelConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, w.Body.String(), "unable to start process")
 }
 
-// test that the process unloads after the TTL
 func TestProcess_UnloadAfterTTL(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("skipping long auto unload TTL test")
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ func TestProcess_UnloadAfterTTL(t *testing.T) {
 	config.UnloadAfter = 3 // seconds
 	assert.Equal(t, 3, config.UnloadAfter)
 
-	process := NewProcess("ttl", 2, config, NewLogMonitorWriter(io.Discard))
+	process := NewProcess("ttl_test", 2, config, NewLogMonitorWriter(io.Discard))
 	defer process.Stop()
 
 	// this should take 4 seconds
@@ -111,6 +110,33 @@ func TestProcess_UnloadAfterTTL(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, StateStopped, process.CurrentState())
 }
 
+func TestProcess_LowTTLValue(t *testing.T) {
+	if true { // change this code to run this ...
+		t.Skip("skipping test, edit process_test.go to run it ")
+	}
+
+	config := getTestSimpleResponderConfig("fast_ttl")
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, config.UnloadAfter)
+	config.UnloadAfter = 1 // second
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, config.UnloadAfter)
+
+	process := NewProcess("ttl", 2, config, NewLogMonitorWriter(os.Stdout))
+	defer process.Stop()
+
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		t.Logf("Waiting before sending request %d", i)
+		time.Sleep(1500 * time.Millisecond)
+
+		expected := fmt.Sprintf("echo=test_%d", i)
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", fmt.Sprintf("/slow-respond?echo=%s&delay=50ms", expected), nil)
+		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		process.ProxyRequest(w, req)
+		assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+		assert.Contains(t, w.Body.String(), expected)
+	}
+
+}
+
 // issue #19
 func TestProcess_HTTPRequestsHaveTimeToFinish(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {