diff --git a/src/main/services/bs-launcher/abstract-launcher.service.ts b/src/main/services/bs-launcher/abstract-launcher.service.ts
index b5827999d..7dfb49466 100644
--- a/src/main/services/bs-launcher/abstract-launcher.service.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/bs-launcher/abstract-launcher.service.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { BSLocalVersionService } from "../bs-local-version.service";
 import { ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams, SpawnOptionsWithoutStdio, spawn } from "child_process";
 import path from "path";
 import log from "electron-log";
+import { sToMs } from "shared/helpers/time.helpers";
 
 export abstract class AbstractLauncherService {
 
@@ -46,20 +47,40 @@ export abstract class AbstractLauncherService {
 
     }
 
-    protected launchBs(bsExePath: string, args: string[], options?: SpawnOptionsWithoutStdio): {process: ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams, exit: Promise<number>} {
+    protected launchBs(bsExePath: string, args: string[], options?: SpawnBsProcessOptions): {process: ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams, exit: Promise<number>} {
         const process = this.launchBSProcess(bsExePath, args, options);
 
+        let timoutId: NodeJS.Timeout;
+
         const exit = new Promise<number>((resolve, reject) => {
+
             process.on("error", (err) => {
                 log.error(`Error while launching BS`, err);
                 reject(err);
             });
+
             process.on("exit", (code) => {
                 log.info(`BS process exit with code ${code}`);
                 resolve(code);
             });
+
+            const unrefAfter = options?.unrefAfter ?? sToMs(10);
+
+            timoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+                log.error("BS process unref after timeout", unrefAfter);
+                process.unref();
+                process.removeAllListeners();
+                resolve(-1);
+            }, unrefAfter);
+
+        }).finally(() => {
+            clearTimeout(timoutId);
         });
 
         return { process, exit };
     }
 }
+
+export type SpawnBsProcessOptions = {
+    unrefAfter?: number;
+} & SpawnOptionsWithoutStdio;