diff --git a/lib/factorio/server.js b/lib/factorio/server.js
index 8d031f5d..70f93d55 100644
--- a/lib/factorio/server.js
+++ b/lib/factorio/server.js
@@ -651,7 +651,8 @@ class FactorioServer extends events.EventEmitter {
 		// There appears to be an race condition where sending SIGTERM
 		// immediatly before the RCON interface comes online causes the
 		// Factorio server to hang.  It's also possible the server doesn't
-		// stop if it's stuck with an infinite lua code loop.
+		// stop if it's stuck with an infinite lua code loop.  In either
+		// case there's no recovering from it.
 		if (process.platform !== "win32") {
 			let hanged = true;
 			function setAlive(output) { hanged = false; }
@@ -659,8 +660,8 @@ class FactorioServer extends events.EventEmitter {
 
 			let timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
 				if (hanged) {
-					console.error("Factorio appears to have hanged, sending second SIGTERM");
-					this._server.kill();
+					console.error("Factorio appears to have hanged, sending SIGKILL");
+					this._server.kill('SIGKILL');
 				}
 			}, 5000);