diff --git a/cmd/debora/README.md b/cmd/debora/README.md
index a9cdb80a3..6ff6218aa 100644
--- a/cmd/debora/README.md
+++ b/cmd/debora/README.md
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 ```bash
 # Upgrade barak.
 # We need to give it a new seed to prevent port conflicts.
-./build/debora --privkey-file build/privkey run --input "`cat cmd/barak/seed2`" -- barak2 ./build/barak
+./build/debora run --input "`cat cmd/barak/seed2`" -- barak2 ./build/barak
 
 # Build tendermint from source
-./build/debora --privkey-file build/privkey run -- build_tendermint bash -c "cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint; make"
+./build/debora run -- build_tendermint bash -c "cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint; make"
 ```
diff --git a/cmd/debora/main.go b/cmd/debora/main.go
index 21fd331f1..603352e91 100644
--- a/cmd/debora/main.go
+++ b/cmd/debora/main.go
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ func cliStopProcess(c *cli.Context) {
 	label := args[0]
 	command := btypes.CommandStopProcess{
 		Label: label,
+		Kill:  true,
 	}
 	for _, remote := range Config.Remotes {
 		response, err := StopProcess(Config.PrivKey, remote, command)