diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 08de7811..7d9c8999 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 - Fixed an issue where in certain situations Wine processes were left running
   after the host got forcefully terminated before it got a chance to tell the
   plugin to shut down. This could happen when using Kontakt in Bitwig, as Bitwig
-  sets a limit on the amount of time a plugin may take to shut down when closing
-  Bitwig.
+  sets a limit on the amount of time a plugin may take to close when closing
+  Bitwig, and Kontakt can take a while to shut down.
 - Fixed a potential crash or freeze when removing a lot of plugins from a plugin
   group at exactly the same time.
 
diff --git a/src/wine-host/bridges/group.cpp b/src/wine-host/bridges/group.cpp
index 164cabf8..0eddf9ee 100644
--- a/src/wine-host/bridges/group.cpp
+++ b/src/wine-host/bridges/group.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ void GroupBridge::handle_plugin_dispatch(size_t plugin_id) {
         if (active_plugins.size() == 0) {
             logger.log(
                 "All plugins have exited, shutting down the group process");
-            main_context.stop();
+
+            // main_context.stop();
+            // FIXME: See the comment in `individual-host.cpp` #69
+            TerminateProcess(GetCurrentProcess(), 0);
         }
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/wine-host/individual-host.cpp b/src/wine-host/individual-host.cpp
index 09874e9e..ee51ae5e 100644
--- a/src/wine-host/individual-host.cpp
+++ b/src/wine-host/individual-host.cpp
@@ -85,9 +85,15 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     Win32Thread dispatch_handler([&]() {
         bridge->handle_dispatch();
 
-        // When the sockets get closed, this application should terminate
-        // gracefully
-        main_context.stop();
+        // // When the sockets get closed, this application should
+        // // terminate gracefully
+        // main_context.stop();
+        // FIXME: So some of the background threads spawned by the plugin may
+        //        get stuck if the host got terminated abruptly. After an entire
+        //        day of debugging I still have no idea whether this is a bug in
+        //        yabridge, Wine, or those plugins, but just killing off this
+        //        process and all of its threads 'fixes' the issue. #69
+        TerminateProcess(GetCurrentProcess(), 0);
     });
 
     // Handle Win32 messages and X11 events on a timer, just like in