diff --git a/scripts/update-app.sh b/scripts/update-app.sh
index 06e0c1a..7fec441 100755
--- a/scripts/update-app.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-app.sh
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ _killpat 'com.shonar.desktop.MainKt'
 _killpat 'shonar-desktop/bin/shonar-desktop'
 _killpat 'uvicorn shonar.main:app'
 sleep 2
-# Last resort: anything still holding a SHONAR window.
-_killpat 'shonar-desktop'
+# Last resort: only by exact process name — a loose 'shonar-desktop'
+# pattern also matches unrelated shells whose command line merely
+# mentions the app, and those get collateral SIGTERM.
+for pid in $(pgrep -x 'shonar-desktop' 2>/dev/null); do kill "$pid" 2>/dev/null; done
 sleep 2
 
 bin="$repo/app/build/compose/binaries/main/app/shonar-desktop/bin/shonar-desktop"