diff --git a/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/bin/version.txt b/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/bin/version.txt
index 7db267292f..a2e1aa9d93 100644
--- a/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/bin/version.txt
+++ b/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/bin/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.26
+0.1.27
diff --git a/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/src/module.ts b/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/src/module.ts
index 4bfc63af76..1c4b23fde9 100644
--- a/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/src/module.ts
+++ b/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/src/module.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const NITRO_HTTP_SERVER_URL = `http://${LOCAL_HOST}:${PORT}`;
 const NITRO_HTTP_LOAD_MODEL_URL = `${NITRO_HTTP_SERVER_URL}/inferences/llamacpp/loadmodel`;
 const NITRO_HTTP_UNLOAD_MODEL_URL = `${NITRO_HTTP_SERVER_URL}/inferences/llamacpp/unloadModel`;
 const NITRO_HTTP_VALIDATE_MODEL_URL = `${NITRO_HTTP_SERVER_URL}/inferences/llamacpp/modelstatus`;
+const NITRO_HTTP_KILL_URL = `${NITRO_HTTP_SERVER_URL}/processmanager/destroy`;
 
 // The subprocess instance for Nitro
 let subprocess = null;
@@ -187,13 +188,15 @@ async function validateModelStatus(): Promise<ModelOperationResponse> {
  * @returns A Promise that resolves when the subprocess is terminated successfully, or rejects with an error message if the subprocess fails to terminate.
  */
 function killSubprocess(): Promise<void> {
-  if (subprocess) {
-    subprocess.kill();
+  fetch(NITRO_HTTP_KILL_URL, {
+    method: "DELETE",
+  }).catch((err) => {
+    console.error(err);
+    subprocess?.kill();
+    kill(PORT, "tcp").then(console.log).catch(console.log);
     subprocess = null;
-    console.debug("Subprocess terminated.");
-  } else {
-    return kill(PORT, "tcp").then(console.log).catch(console.log);
-  }
+  });
+  return
 }
 
 /**
@@ -207,9 +210,6 @@ async function checkAndUnloadNitro() {
       // Attempt to unload model
       return fetch(NITRO_HTTP_UNLOAD_MODEL_URL, {
         method: "GET",
-        headers: {
-          "Content-Type": "application/json",
-        },
       }).catch((err) => {
         console.error(err);
         // Fallback to kill the port