diff --git a/webbuild/webbuild-functions b/webbuild/webbuild-functions
index 9373eae..8f4df3e 100644
--- a/webbuild/webbuild-functions
+++ b/webbuild/webbuild-functions
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ function kill_tree() {
 
    [ $1 ] || return
 
-   kill `pstree -p $killpid | sed 's/(/\n(/g' | grep '(' | sed 's/(\(.*\)).*/\1/' | tr "\n" " "`
+   # tail here is used to avoid killing first pid, typically sh, which causes apache to stop since some time
+   kill `pstree -pl $killpid | sed 's/(/\n(/g' | grep '(' | sed 's/(\(.*\)).*/\1/' | tail -n+2 | tr "\n" " "`
    return $?
 }