diff --git a/src/playlist.js b/src/playlist.js
index 604e415..c30861f 100644
--- a/src/playlist.js
+++ b/src/playlist.js
@@ -253,6 +253,15 @@ const playlistDownloader = {
 			controller.signal
 		);
 
+		document.addEventListener("beforeunload", () => {
+			if (
+				this.state.currentDownloadProcess &&
+				!this.state.currentDownloadProcess.killed
+			) {
+				this.state.currentDownloadProcess.kill();
+			}
+		});
+
 		this.handleDownloadEvents(this.state.currentDownloadProcess, type);
 	},
 
diff --git a/src/renderer.js b/src/renderer.js
index 90227f4..45b5342 100644
--- a/src/renderer.js
+++ b/src/renderer.js
@@ -953,6 +953,12 @@ class YtDownloaderApp {
 
 			const process = this.state.ytDlp.exec(args, {shell: true});
 
+			window.addEventListener("beforeunload", () => {
+				if (process && !process.killed) {
+					process.kill();
+				}
+			});
+
 			console.log(
 				"Spawned yt-dlp with args:",
 				process.ytDlpProcess.spawnargs.join(" "),
@@ -1012,6 +1018,12 @@ class YtDownloaderApp {
 			signal: controller.signal,
 		});
 
+		window.addEventListener("beforeunload", () => {
+			if (downloadProcess && !downloadProcess.killed) {
+				downloadProcess.kill();
+			}
+		});
+
 		console.log(
 			"Spawned yt-dlp with args:",
 			downloadProcess.ytDlpProcess.spawnargs.join(" "),