diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7e23455..274d805 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ build: submodules bin/resh-session-init bin/resh-collect bin/resh-postcollect\
   bin/resh-daemon bin/resh-control bin/resh-config bin/resh-cli\
   bin/resh-install-utils bin/resh-generate-uuid bin/resh-get-epochtime
 
+# we disable jobserver for the actual installation because we want it to run serially
+# Make waits to the daemon process we launch during install and hangs
 install: build
+	make -j1 _install
+
+_install:
 	scripts/install.sh
 
 test:
@@ -35,7 +40,6 @@ bin/resh-%: $(go_files)
 
 .PHONY: submodules build install rebuild uninstall clean test
 
-
 submodules: | submodules/bash-preexec/bash-preexec.sh submodules/bash-zsh-compat-widgets/bindfunc.sh
 	@# sets submodule.recurse to true if unset
 	@# sets status.submoduleSummary to true if unset
diff --git a/scripts/hooks.sh b/scripts/hooks.sh
index 6b34dee..3a4f6fe 100644
--- a/scripts/hooks.sh
+++ b/scripts/hooks.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ __resh_collect() {
             echo "RESH WARNING: You probably just updated RESH - PLEASE RESTART OR RELOAD THIS TERMINAL SESSION (resh revision: $(resh-collect -revision); resh revision of this terminal session: ${__RESH_REVISION})"
         fi
     fi
-    # TODO: change how resh-uuid is read
     if [ "$__RESH_VERSION" = "$(resh-collect -version)" ] && [ "$__RESH_REVISION" = "$(resh-collect -revision)" ]; then
         resh-collect -requireVersion "$__RESH_VERSION" \
                     -requireRevision "$__RESH_REVISION" \
@@ -51,9 +50,9 @@ __resh_collect() {
                     -gitRemote "$__RESH_GIT_REMOTE" \
                     -time "$__RESH_RT_BEFORE" \
                     "$@"
-            return $?
-        fi
-        return 1
+        return $?
+    fi
+    return 1
 }
 
 __resh_precmd() {
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index e501078..2ee8b3a 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ cp -f submodules/bash-preexec/bash-preexec.sh ~/.bash-preexec.sh
 cp -f submodules/bash-zsh-compat-widgets/bindfunc.sh ~/.resh/bindfunc.sh
 
 cp -f scripts/shellrc.sh ~/.resh/shellrc
+cp -f scripts/resh-daemon-start.sh ~/.resh/bin/resh-daemon-start
 cp -f scripts/reshctl.sh scripts/widgets.sh scripts/hooks.sh scripts/util.sh ~/.resh/
 cp -f scripts/rawinstall.sh ~/.resh/
 
@@ -126,11 +127,15 @@ if [ ! -f "$pid_file" ]; then
     pid_file=~/.resh/resh.pid
 fi
 
+failed_to_kill() {
+    echo "ERROR: Failed to kill the resh-daemon - maybe it wasn't running?"
+}
+
 if [ -f "$pid_file" ]; then
-    kill -SIGTERM "$pid_file"
+    kill -SIGKILL "$pid_file" || failed_to_kill
     rm "$pid_file"
 else
-    pkill -SIGTERM "resh-daemon"
+    pkill -SIGKILL "resh-daemon" || failed_to_kill
 fi
 
 echo "Creating/updating config file ..."
@@ -161,13 +166,8 @@ fi
 # Deleting zsh completion cache - for future use
 # [ ! -e ~/.zcompdump ] || rm ~/.zcompdump
 
-# Source utils to get __resh_run_daemon function
-# shellcheck source=util.sh
-. ~/.resh/util.sh
-
 echo "Launching resh daemon ..."
-__resh_run_daemon
-
+~/.resh/bin/resh-daemon-start
 
 info="---- Scroll down using arrow keys ----
 #####################################
diff --git a/scripts/resh-daemon-start.sh b/scripts/resh-daemon-start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bbbd7c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/resh-daemon-start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env sh
+nohup resh-daemon >/dev/null 2>/dev/null & disown
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/reshctl.sh b/scripts/reshctl.sh
index 034c9d4..b8977e4 100644
--- a/scripts/reshctl.sh
+++ b/scripts/reshctl.sh
@@ -50,14 +50,6 @@ __resh_unbind_control_R() {
     return 0
 }
 
-__resh_bind_all() {
-    __resh_bind_control_R
-}
-
-__resh_unbind_all() {
-    __resh_unbind_control_R
-}
-
 # wrapper for resh-cli for calling resh directly
 resh() {
     local buffer
diff --git a/scripts/shellrc.sh b/scripts/shellrc.sh
index a72b81f..c99474f 100644
--- a/scripts/shellrc.sh
+++ b/scripts/shellrc.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #!/hint/sh
 
 PATH=$PATH:~/.resh/bin
-# if [ -n "$ZSH_VERSION" ]; then
-#     zmodload zsh/datetime
-# fi
 
 # shellcheck source=hooks.sh
 . ~/.resh/hooks.sh
@@ -31,7 +28,7 @@ export __RESH_VERSION=$(resh-collect -version)
 # shellcheck disable=2155
 export __RESH_REVISION=$(resh-collect -revision)
 
-__resh_run_daemon
+resh-daemon-start
 
 [ "$(resh-config --key BindControlR)" = true ] && __resh_bind_control_R
 
diff --git a/scripts/util.sh b/scripts/util.sh
index abe354e..a1f89c0 100644
--- a/scripts/util.sh
+++ b/scripts/util.sh
@@ -2,22 +2,6 @@
 
 # util.sh - resh utility functions 
 
-# FIXME: figure out if stdout/stderr should be discarded
-__resh_run_daemon() {
-    if [ -n "${ZSH_VERSION-}" ]; then
-        setopt LOCAL_OPTIONS NO_NOTIFY NO_MONITOR
-    fi
-    if [ "$(uname)" = Darwin ]; then
-        # hotfix
-        gnohup resh-daemon >/dev/null 2>/dev/null & disown
-    else
-        # TODO: switch to nohup for consistency once you confirm that daemon is
-        #       not getting killed anymore on macOS
-        nohup resh-daemon >/dev/null 2>/dev/null & disown
-        #setsid resh-daemon 2>&1 & disown
-    fi
-}
-
 __resh_session_init() {
     if [ "$__RESH_VERSION" != "$(resh-session-init -version)" ]; then
         # shellcheck source=shellrc.sh