diff --git a/main.qml b/main.qml
index a399f058..cb0333b6 100644
--- a/main.qml
+++ b/main.qml
@@ -678,9 +678,12 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         daemonManager.start(flags, persistentSettings.nettype, persistentSettings.blockchainDataDir, persistentSettings.bootstrapNodeAddress, noSync);
     }
 
-    function stopDaemon(){
+    function stopDaemon(callback){
         appWindow.showProcessingSplash(qsTr("Waiting for daemon to stop..."))
-        daemonManager.stop(persistentSettings.nettype);
+        daemonManager.stopAsync(persistentSettings.nettype, function(result) {
+            hideProcessingSplash();
+            callback(result);
+        });
     }
 
     function onDaemonStarted(){
@@ -694,8 +697,6 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         simpleModeConnectionTimer.start();
     }
     function onDaemonStopped(){
-        console.log("daemon stopped");
-        hideProcessingSplash();
         currentWallet.connected(true);
     }
 
@@ -1927,8 +1928,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
             onClose();
         }
         confirmationDialog.onRejectedCallback = function() {
-            daemonManager.stop(persistentSettings.nettype);
-            onClose();
+            stopDaemon(onClose);
         };
         confirmationDialog.open();
     }
@@ -1955,8 +1955,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         // If daemon is running - prompt user before exiting
         if(typeof daemonManager != "undefined" && daemonRunning) {
             if (appWindow.walletMode == 0) {
-                stopDaemon();
-                closeAccepted();
+                stopDaemon(closeAccepted);
             } else {
                 showDaemonIsRunningDialog(closeAccepted);
             }
diff --git a/src/daemon/DaemonManager.cpp b/src/daemon/DaemonManager.cpp
index 8d995458..40cf4d2b 100644
--- a/src/daemon/DaemonManager.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon/DaemonManager.cpp
@@ -153,21 +153,19 @@ bool DaemonManager::start(const QString &flags, NetworkType::Type nettype, const
     return true;
 }
 
-bool DaemonManager::stop(NetworkType::Type nettype)
+void DaemonManager::stopAsync(NetworkType::Type nettype, const QJSValue& callback)
 {
-    QString message;
-    sendCommand({"exit"}, nettype, message);
-    qDebug() << message;
+    const auto feature = m_scheduler.run([this, nettype] {
+        QString message;
+        sendCommand({"exit"}, nettype, message);
 
-    // Start stop watcher - Will kill if not shutting down
-    m_scheduler.run([this, nettype] {
-        if (stopWatcher(nettype))
-        {
-            emit daemonStopped();
-        }
-    });
+        return QJSValueList({stopWatcher(nettype)});
+    }, callback);
 
-    return true;
+    if (!feature.first)
+    {
+        QJSValue(callback).call(QJSValueList({false}));
+    }
 }
 
 bool DaemonManager::startWatcher(NetworkType::Type nettype) const
diff --git a/src/daemon/DaemonManager.h b/src/daemon/DaemonManager.h
index 4bbd3133..774aecb3 100644
--- a/src/daemon/DaemonManager.h
+++ b/src/daemon/DaemonManager.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public:
     static DaemonManager * instance(const QStringList *args);
 
     Q_INVOKABLE bool start(const QString &flags, NetworkType::Type nettype, const QString &dataDir = "", const QString &bootstrapNodeAddress = "", bool noSync = false);
-    Q_INVOKABLE bool stop(NetworkType::Type nettype);
+    Q_INVOKABLE void stopAsync(NetworkType::Type nettype, const QJSValue& callback);
 
     Q_INVOKABLE bool noSync() const noexcept;
     // return true if daemon process is started