diff --git a/src/App.jsx b/src/App.jsx
index 611121e7..bb42146e 100644
--- a/src/App.jsx
+++ b/src/App.jsx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import SubtitleControl from './components/SubtitleControl';
 import BatchFilesList from './components/BatchFilesList';
 import ConcatDialog from './components/ConcatDialog';
 import KeyboardShortcuts from './components/KeyboardShortcuts';
-import Loading from './components/Loading';
+import Working from './components/Working';
 import OutputFormatSelect from './components/OutputFormatSelect';
 
 import { loadMifiLink, runStartupCheck } from './mifi';
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import {
   extractStreams, setCustomFfPath as ffmpegSetCustomFfPath,
   isIphoneHevc, isProblematicAvc1, tryMapChaptersToEdl, blackDetect, silenceDetect, detectSceneChanges as ffmpegDetectSceneChanges,
   getDuration, getTimecodeFromStreams, createChaptersFromSegments, extractSubtitleTrack,
-  RefuseOverwriteError, readFrames, mapTimesToSegments,
+  RefuseOverwriteError, readFrames, mapTimesToSegments, abortFfmpegs,
 } from './ffmpeg';
 import { shouldCopyStreamByDefault, getAudioStreams, getRealVideoStreams, isAudioDefinitelyNotSupported, willPlayerProperlyHandleVideo, doesPlayerSupportHevcPlayback } from './util/streams';
 import { exportEdlFile, readEdlFile, saveLlcProject, loadLlcProject, askForEdlImport } from './edlStore';
@@ -1371,6 +1371,10 @@ const App = memo(() => {
       const revealPath = concatOutPath || outFiles[0];
       if (!hideAllNotifications) openCutFinishedToast({ filePath: revealPath, warnings, notices });
     } catch (err) {
+      if (err.killed === true) {
+        // assume execa killed (aborted by user)
+        return;
+      }
       if (err instanceof RefuseOverwriteError) {
         showRefuseToOverwrite();
         return;
@@ -2484,7 +2488,7 @@ const App = memo(() => {
               )}
 
               <AnimatePresence>
-                {working && <Loading text={working} cutProgress={cutProgress} />}
+                {working && <Working text={working} cutProgress={cutProgress} onAbortClick={abortFfmpegs} />}
               </AnimatePresence>
 
               {tunerVisible && <ValueTuners type={tunerVisible} onFinished={() => setTunerVisible()} />}
diff --git a/src/components/Loading.jsx b/src/components/Working.jsx
similarity index 54%
rename from src/components/Loading.jsx
rename to src/components/Working.jsx
index 8e10d0d2..dc354140 100644
--- a/src/components/Loading.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Working.jsx
@@ -1,39 +1,45 @@
 import React, { memo } from 'react';
 import { motion } from 'framer-motion';
 import Lottie from 'react-lottie-player';
+import { Button } from 'evergreen-ui';
+import { Trans } from 'react-i18next';
 
 import { primaryColor } from '../colors';
 import loadingLottie from '../7077-magic-flow.json';
 
 
-const Loading = memo(({ text, cutProgress }) => (
+const Working = memo(({ text, cutProgress, onAbortClick }) => (
   <div style={{ position: 'absolute', zIndex: 1, bottom: 0, top: 0, left: 0, right: 0, display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}>
     <motion.div
-      style={{ background: primaryColor, boxShadow: `${primaryColor} 0px 0px 20px 25px`, borderRadius: 20, paddingBottom: 15, color: 'white', textAlign: 'center', fontSize: 14 }}
+      style={{ background: primaryColor, boxShadow: `${primaryColor} 0px 0px 20px 25px`, borderRadius: 60, paddingBottom: 5, color: 'white', fontSize: 14, display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', alignItems: 'center' }}
       initial={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0 }}
       animate={{ opacity: 1, scale: 1 }}
       exit={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0 }}
     >
-      <div style={{ width: 150, height: 150 }}>
+      <div style={{ width: 150, height: 80 }}>
         <Lottie
           loop
           animationData={loadingLottie}
           play
-          style={{ width: '170%', height: '130%', marginLeft: '-35%', marginTop: '-29%', pointerEvents: 'none' }}
+          style={{ width: '170%', height: '210%', marginLeft: '-40%', marginTop: '-35%', pointerEvents: 'none' }}
         />
       </div>
 
-      <div style={{ marginTop: 10, width: 150 }}>
+      <div style={{ marginTop: 5 }}>
         {text}...
       </div>
 
       {(cutProgress != null) && (
-        <div style={{ marginTop: 10 }}>
+        <div style={{ marginTop: 5 }}>
           {`${(cutProgress * 100).toFixed(1)} %`}
         </div>
       )}
+
+      <div style={{ marginTop: 5 }}>
+        <Button intent="danger" onClick={onAbortClick} height={20}><Trans>Abort</Trans></Button>
+      </div>
     </motion.div>
   </div>
 ));
 
-export default Loading;
+export default Working;
diff --git a/src/dialogs/extractFrames.jsx b/src/dialogs/extractFrames.jsx
index 91d963cf..68aaa79a 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/extractFrames.jsx
+++ b/src/dialogs/extractFrames.jsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export async function askExtractFramesAsImages({ segmentNumFrames, fps }) {
       text: i18n.t('Capture the best image every nth second'),
       icon: 'question',
       input: 'text',
-      inputLabel: i18n.t('Enter a decimal number of seconds'),
+      inputLabel: i18n.t('Enter the number of seconds between each image (decimal)'),
       inputValue: 5,
       showCancelButton: true,
     });
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export async function askExtractFramesAsImages({ segmentNumFrames, fps }) {
         text: i18n.t('Capture exactly one image every nth frame'),
         icon: 'question',
         input: 'number',
-        inputLabel: i18n.t('Enter an integer number of frames'),
+        inputLabel: i18n.t('Enter the number of frames between each image (integer)'),
         inputValue: 30,
         showCancelButton: true,
       });
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export async function askExtractFramesAsImages({ segmentNumFrames, fps }) {
         text: i18n.t('Capture exactly one image every nth second'),
         icon: 'question',
         input: 'text',
-        inputLabel: i18n.t('Enter a decimal number of seconds'),
+        inputLabel: i18n.t('Enter the number of seconds between each image (decimal)'),
         inputValue: 5,
         showCancelButton: true,
       });
diff --git a/src/ffmpeg.js b/src/ffmpeg.js
index b1e1f4be..858fed68 100644
--- a/src/ffmpeg.js
+++ b/src/ffmpeg.js
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ const { pathExists } = window.require('fs-extra');
 
 let customFfPath;
 
+const runningFfmpegs = new Set();
+// setInterval(() => console.log(runningFfmpegs.size), 1000);
+
 
 export class RefuseOverwriteError extends Error {}
 
@@ -60,7 +63,23 @@ export async function runFfprobe(args, { timeout = isDev ? 10000 : 30000 } = {})
 export function runFfmpeg(args, execaOptions, { logCli = true } = {}) {
   const ffmpegPath = getFfmpegPath();
   if (logCli) console.log(getFfCommandLine('ffmpeg', args));
-  return execa(ffmpegPath, args, execaOptions);
+  const process = execa(ffmpegPath, args, execaOptions);
+
+  (async () => {
+    runningFfmpegs.add(process);
+    try {
+      await process;
+    } finally {
+      runningFfmpegs.delete(process);
+    }
+  })();
+  return process;
+}
+
+export function abortFfmpegs() {
+  runningFfmpegs.forEach((process) => {
+    process.kill('SIGTERM', { forceKillAfterTimeout: 10000 });
+  });
 }
 
 export function handleProgress(process, durationIn, onProgress, customMatcher = () => {}) {