diff --git a/gui/EasyDEX-GUI b/gui/EasyDEX-GUI
index e94f978..f9fa880 160000
--- a/gui/EasyDEX-GUI
+++ b/gui/EasyDEX-GUI
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e94f97853cac23d16a0b5d9be31bf7fbfaa618c3
+Subproject commit f9fa880e22966da80563306770392045e8eb5699
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index aaeeb12..aefe26f 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ var shepherd = require('./routes/shepherd'),
 if (appConfig.killIguanaOnStart) {
 	var iguanaGrep;
 	if (os.platform() === 'darwin') {
-		iguanaGrep = "ps -p $(ps -A | grep -m1 iguana | awk '{print $1}')";
+		iguanaGrep = "ps -p $(ps -A | grep -m1 iguana | awk '{print $1}') | grep -i iguana";
 	}
 	if (os.platform() === 'linux') {
-		iguanaGrep = 'ps -p $(pidof iguana)';
+		iguanaGrep = 'ps -p $(pidof iguana) | grep -i iguana';
 	}
 	if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
 		iguanaGrep = 'tasklist';
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if (appConfig.killIguanaOnStart) {
 	exec(iguanaGrep, function(error, stdout, stderr) {
 		if (stdout.indexOf('iguana') > -1) {
 			console.log('found another iguana process(es)');
-			var pkillCmd = os.platform() === 'win32' ? 'taskkill /f /im iguana.exe' : 'pkill iguana';
+			var pkillCmd = os.platform() === 'win32' ? 'taskkill /f /im iguana.exe' : 'pkill -9 iguana';
 
 			exec(pkillCmd, function(error, stdout, stderr) {
 				console.log(pkillCmd + ' is issued');
diff --git a/routes/shepherd.js b/routes/shepherd.js
index 91748a1..beaad64 100644
--- a/routes/shepherd.js
+++ b/routes/shepherd.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ shepherd.appConfig = {
   "iguanaGuiOnly": false,
   "manualIguanaStart": false,
   "skipBasiliskNetworkCheck": false,
-  "minNotaries": 50,
+  "minNotaries": 8,
   "host": "127.0.0.1",
   "iguanaAppPort": 17777,
   "iguanaCorePort": 7778,
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ shepherd.appConfig = {
     "darwin": 90000,
     "linux": 1000000
   },
-  "killIguanaOnStart": false,
+  "killIguanaOnStart": true,
   "dev": false
 };