diff --git a/libmpdemux/stream.c b/libmpdemux/stream.c
index 75bd926213..edbb662229 100644
--- a/libmpdemux/stream.c
+++ b/libmpdemux/stream.c
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ stream_t* new_stream(int fd,int type){
 void free_stream(stream_t *s){
   printf("\n*** free_stream() called ***\n");
   if(s->cache_pid) {
-    kill(s->cache_pid,SIGTERM);
+//    kill(s->cache_pid,SIGTERM);
+    kill(s->cache_pid,SIGKILL);
     waitpid(s->cache_pid,NULL,0);
   }
   if(s->priv) free(s->priv);