# Port remains open after terminating yarn run start

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/port-remains-open-after-terminating-yarn-run-start/16002
**Category:** sage
**Tags:** webpack
**Created:** 2019-07-03T10:37:18Z
**Posts:** 2

## Post 1 by @JordanC26 — 2019-07-03T10:37:18Z

I’ll do a `yarn run start` and get `https://localhost:3000/` as default.

Terminate it by `CTRL + Z`  
`[2]+ Stopped yarn run start`

Run `yarn run start` again and now I am on port 3002.

I checked Activity Monitor (Mac) and node is still running. I have to force quit the process(s) still running or just deal with being on a different port every time yarn run start is run.

Any idea why the node process would still run after closing?

I am on a Mac too.

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## Post 2 by @JordanC26 — 2019-07-03T10:40:09Z

I of course immediately found out why after posting the above ha.

> To end the program, you should be using Ctrl + C. If you do that, it sends `SIGINT` , which allows the program to end gracefully, unbinding from any ports it is listening on.

Ctrl+Z suspends it, which means it can still be running.

Ctrl+C will actually kill it.