diff --git a/lib/forever/monitor.js b/lib/forever/monitor.js
index 74f000a8..9b2c9bd1 100644
--- a/lib/forever/monitor.js
+++ b/lib/forever/monitor.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ var Monitor = exports.Monitor = function (script, options) {
   options          = options || {};
   this.silent      = options.silent || false;
   this.forever     = options.forever || false;
+  this.killTree    = options.killTree !== false;
   this.uid         = options.uid || forever.randomString(24);
   this.pidFile     = options.pidFile || path.join(forever.config.get('pidPath'), this.uid + '.pid');
   this.max         = options.max;
@@ -373,13 +374,20 @@ Monitor.prototype.kill = function (forceStop) {
     if (forceStop) {
       this.forceStop = true;
     }
-    psTree(this.child.pid, function (err, children) {
-      var pids = children.map(function (p) { return p.PID })
-      pids.shift(self.child.pid)
-      spawn('kill', ['-9'].concat(pids)).on('exit', function () {
-        self.emit('stop', self.childData);      
-      })
-    })
+    
+    if (this.killTree) {
+      psTree(this.child.pid, function (err, children) {
+        var pids = children.map(function (p) { return p.PID })
+        pids.shift(self.child.pid)
+        spawn('kill', ['-9'].concat(pids)).on('exit', function () {
+          self.emit('stop', self.childData);      
+        })
+      });
+    }
+    else {
+      this.child.kill();
+      this.emit('stop', this.childData);
+    }
 
   }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f4fcf9d4..1f380cad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@
     "dnode": "0.8.x",
     "eyes": "0.1.x",
     "daemon": "0.3.x",
+    "minimatch": "0.0.x",
     "mkdirp": "0.x.x",
     "nconf": "0.x.x",
     "optimist": "0.2.x",
     "pkginfo": "0.x.x",
     "portfinder": "0.x.x",
+    "ps-tree": "0.0.x",
     "timespan": "2.0.x",
     "watch": "0.3.x",
-    "minimatch": "0.0.x",
-    "ps-tree": "0.0.x",
     "winston": "0.5.x"
   },
   "devDependencies": {