diff --git a/lib/God/ActionMethods.js b/lib/God/ActionMethods.js
index fd3abe1b0..0281cf1bd 100644
--- a/lib/God/ActionMethods.js
+++ b/lib/God/ActionMethods.js
@@ -236,129 +236,55 @@ module.exports = function(God) {
    * @return Literal
    */
   God.stopProcessId = function(id, cb) {
-    if(typeof id == 'object' && 'id' in id)
+    if (typeof id == 'object' && 'id' in id)
       id = id.id;
 
     if (!(id in God.clusters_db))
       return cb(God.logAndGenerateError(id + ' : id unknown'), {});
     if (God.clusters_db[id].pm2_env.status == cst.STOPPED_STATUS)
       return cb(null, God.getFormatedProcess(id));
-
-    if (God.clusters_db[id].state && God.clusters_db[id].state === 'none') {
-      setTimeout(function() {
-        God.stopProcessId(id, cb);
-      }, 250);
-      return false;
-    }
+    // state == 'none' means that the process is not online yet
+    if (God.clusters_db[id].state && God.clusters_db[id].state === 'none')
+      return setTimeout(function() { God.stopProcessId(id, cb); }, 250);
 
     var proc     = God.clusters_db[id];
-    var timeout  = null;
-    var timeout2 = null;
 
     console.log('Stopping app:%s id:%s', proc.pm2_env.name, proc.pm2_env.pm_id);
     proc.pm2_env.status = cst.STOPPING_STATUS;
-    proc.pm2_env.vizion_running = false;
 
     if (!proc.process.pid) {
+      console.error('app=%s id=%d does not have a pid', proc.pm2_env.name, proc.pm2_env.pm_id);
       proc.pm2_env.status = cst.STOPPED_STATUS;
-      return cb(null, []);
+      return cb(null, { error : true, message : 'could not kill process w/o pid'});
     }
 
-    var kill_anyway = function(proc) {
-      if (proc && proc.process && proc.process.pid) {
-        God.killProcess(proc.process.pid, proc.pm2_env, function(err) {
-          proc.pm2_env.status = cst.STOPPED_STATUS;
-
-          if (err && err.type && err.type === 'timeout') {
-            proc.removeAllListeners && proc.removeAllListeners();
-            proc.pm2_env.status = cst.ERRORED_STATUS;
-          } else {
-            pidusage.unmonitor(proc.process.pid);
-            proc.process.pid = 0;
-            if (proc.pm2_env.axm_actions) proc.pm2_env.axm_actions = [];
-            if (proc.pm2_env.axm_monitor) proc.pm2_env.axm_monitor = {};
-            if (proc.pm2_env.pm_id.toString().indexOf('_old_') !== 0) {
-              try {
-                fs.unlinkSync(proc.pm2_env.pm_pid_path);
-              } catch (e) {}
-            }
-
-            God.notify('exit', proc);
-          }
+    God.killProcess(proc.process.pid, proc.pm2_env, function(err) {
+      proc.pm2_env.status = cst.STOPPED_STATUS;
+      pidusage.unmonitor(proc.process.pid);
 
-          return cb(null, God.getFormatedProcess(id));
-        });
-      }
-      else {
-        console.error('[stopProcessId] Could not kill process with pid 0');
+      God.notify('exit', proc);
+
+      if (err && err.type && err.type === 'timeout') {
+        console.error('app=%s id=%d pid=%s could not be stopped',
+                      proc.pm2_env.name,
+                      proc.pm2_env.pm_id,
+                      proc.process.pid);
+        proc.pm2_env.status = cst.ERRORED_STATUS;
         return cb(null, God.getFormatedProcess(id));
       }
-    };
 
-    var exitedAfterDisconnect = false;
+      if (proc.pm2_env.pm_id.toString().indexOf('_old_') !== 0) {
+        try {
+          fs.unlinkSync(proc.pm2_env.pm_pid_path);
+        } catch (e) {}
+      }
 
-    if (semver.lt(process.version, '7.0.0') === true) {
-      exitedAfterDisconnect = proc.suicide;
-    } else {
-      exitedAfterDisconnect = proc.exitedAfterDisconnect;
-    }
+      if (proc.pm2_env.axm_actions) proc.pm2_env.axm_actions = [];
+      if (proc.pm2_env.axm_monitor) proc.pm2_env.axm_monitor = {};
 
-    /**
-     * Procedure to stop a process in cluster mode
-     */
-    if (proc.pm2_env.exec_mode == 'cluster_mode' &&
-        proc.state != 'disconnected' &&
-        proc.state != 'dead' &&
-        exitedAfterDisconnect != true) {
-
-      var onDisconnect = function() {
-        clearTimeout(timeout2);
-        clearTimeout(timeout);
-        kill_anyway(proc);
-      };
-
-      proc.once('disconnect', onDisconnect);
-
-      timeout = setTimeout(function() {
-        // Fallback 2 because disconnect didnt happened
-        proc.removeListener('disconnect', onDisconnect);
-        kill_anyway(proc);
-      }, 800);
-
-      timeout2 = setTimeout(function() {
-        try {
-          if (proc.process.connected === true && proc.state !== 'disconnected'
-             && proc.process.signalCode == null && proc.process.exitCode == null) {
-            proc.disconnect && proc.disconnect();
-          }
-          else {
-            console.log('Process %s has already been disconnected', proc.pm2_env.pm_id);
-            kill_anyway(proc);
-          }
-        } catch (e) {
-          // Fallback on disconnect method fail
-          clearTimeout(timeout);
-          console.log('Could not disconnect process', e.stack || e);
-          proc.removeListener('disconnect', onDisconnect);
-          if (proc && proc.process && proc.process.pid)
-            kill_anyway(proc);
-          else {
-            process.nextTick(function() {
-              proc.pm2_env.status = cst.STOPPED_STATUS;
-              return cb(null, God.getFormatedProcess(id));
-            });
-          }
-        }
-      }, 50);
-      return false;
-    }
-    else {
-      /**
-       * Procedure to stop a process in fork mode
-       */
-      kill_anyway(proc);
-    }
-    return false;
+      proc.process.pid = 0;
+      return cb(null, God.getFormatedProcess(id));
+    });
   };
 
   God.resetMetaProcessId = function(id, cb) {