diff --git a/src/shell.js b/src/shell.js
index 64658bbb4..0505de183 100644
--- a/src/shell.js
+++ b/src/shell.js
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ function spawn(tag, file, args, options) {
         });
 
         signal?.addEventListener('abort', () => {
+            debug(`${tag}: aborting ${cp.pid}`);
             child_process.execFile('/usr/bin/sudo', [ KILL_CHILD_CMD, cp.pid, process.pid ], { encoding: 'utf8' }, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
                 if (error) debug(`${tag}: failed to kill children`, stdout, stderr);
+                else debug(`${tag}: aborted ${cp.pid}`, stdout, stderr);
             });
         }, { once: true });
 
diff --git a/src/tasks.js b/src/tasks.js
index 96a41db3e..8ef320e21 100644
--- a/src/tasks.js
+++ b/src/tasks.js
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ async function stopTask(id) {
 }
 
 async function stopAllTasks() {
-    debug('stopAllTasks: ignoring exit status of starttask');
     const acs = Object.values(gTasks);
+    debug(`stopAllTasks: ${acs.length} tasks are running. sending abort signal`);
     gTasks = {}; // this signals startTask() to not set completion status as "crashed"
     acs.forEach(ac => ac.abort()); // cleanup all the sudos and systemd-run
     const [error] = await safe(shell.sudo([ STOP_TASK_CMD, 'all' ], { cwd: paths.baseDir() }));