diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a37a8c43..37e71723 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export interface Node<API = unknown, Options = NodeOptions, Info extends Record<
   cleanup(args?: CleanupArgs): Promise<void>
 }
 
-export interface NodeOptions<InitOptions = unknown, StartOptions = unknown> {
+export interface NodeOptions<InitOptions = unknown, StartOptions = unknown, StopOptions = unknown, CleanOptions = unknown> {
   /**
    * The type of controller
    */
@@ -193,13 +193,6 @@ export interface NodeOptions<InitOptions = unknown, StartOptions = unknown> {
    */
   args?: string[]
 
-  /**
-   * How long to wait before force killing a daemon in ms
-   *
-   * @default 5000
-   */
-  forceKillTimeout?: number
-
   /**
    * Init options
    */
@@ -209,6 +202,16 @@ export interface NodeOptions<InitOptions = unknown, StartOptions = unknown> {
    * Start options
    */
   start?: StartOptions
+
+  /**
+   * Stop options
+   */
+  stop?: StopOptions
+
+  /**
+   * Clean options
+   */
+  clean?: CleanOptions
 }
 
 export interface NodeOptionsOverrides {
diff --git a/src/kubo/client.ts b/src/kubo/client.ts
index 548d6586..b91c2faf 100644
--- a/src/kubo/client.ts
+++ b/src/kubo/client.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { KuboNode, KuboInfo, KuboInitOptions, KuboOptions, KuboStartOptions } from './index.js'
+import type { KuboNode, KuboInfo, KuboInitOptions, KuboOptions, KuboStartOptions, KuboStopOptions } from './index.js'
 import type { PeerInfo } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import type { KuboRPCClient } from 'kubo-rpc-client'
 
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export default class KuboClient implements KuboNode {
   private _api?: KuboRPCClient
   private readonly initArgs?: KuboInitOptions
   private readonly startArgs?: KuboStartOptions
+  private readonly stopArgs?: KuboStopOptions
 
   constructor (options: KuboClientInit) {
     if (options.rpc == null) {
@@ -43,6 +44,10 @@ export default class KuboClient implements KuboNode {
     if (options.start != null && typeof options.start !== 'boolean') {
       this.startArgs = options.start
     }
+
+    if (options.stop != null) {
+      this.stopArgs = options.stop
+    }
   }
 
   get api (): KuboRPCClient {
@@ -102,9 +107,16 @@ export default class KuboClient implements KuboNode {
     this._api = this.options.rpc(info.api)
   }
 
-  async stop (): Promise<void> {
+  async stop (args?: KuboStopOptions): Promise<void> {
     const response = await fetch(`${this.endpoint}/stop?${new URLSearchParams({ id: this.id })}`, {
-      method: 'POST'
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'content-type': 'application/json'
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        ...(this.stopArgs ?? {}),
+        ...(args ?? {})
+      })
     })
 
     if (!response.ok) {
diff --git a/src/kubo/daemon.ts b/src/kubo/daemon.ts
index cf3aad69..8b203ed1 100644
--- a/src/kubo/daemon.ts
+++ b/src/kubo/daemon.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import mergeOptions from 'merge-options'
 import pDefer from 'p-defer'
 import waitFor from 'p-wait-for'
 import { checkForRunningApi, tmpDir, buildStartArgs, repoExists, buildInitArgs } from './utils.js'
-import type { KuboNode, KuboInfo, KuboInitOptions, KuboOptions, KuboStartOptions } from './index.js'
+import type { KuboNode, KuboInfo, KuboInitOptions, KuboOptions, KuboStartOptions, KuboStopOptions } from './index.js'
 import type { Logger } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import type { KuboRPCClient } from 'kubo-rpc-client'
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export default class KuboDaemon implements KuboNode {
   private readonly env: Record<string, string>
   private readonly initArgs?: KuboInitOptions
   private readonly startArgs?: KuboStartOptions
+  private readonly stopArgs?: KuboStopOptions
 
   constructor (options: KuboOptions) {
     if (options.rpc == null) {
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@ export default class KuboDaemon implements KuboNode {
     if (options.start != null && typeof options.start !== 'boolean') {
       this.startArgs = options.start
     }
+
+    if (options.stop != null) {
+      this.stopArgs = options.stop
+    }
   }
 
   get api (): KuboRPCClient {
@@ -223,20 +228,32 @@ export default class KuboDaemon implements KuboNode {
     await deferred.promise
   }
 
-  async stop (options: { timeout?: number } = {}): Promise<void> {
-    const timeout = options.timeout ?? 60000
+  async stop (options?: KuboStopOptions): Promise<void> {
+    const stopOptions = {
+      ...(this.stopArgs ?? {}),
+      ...(options ?? {})
+    }
+    const timeout = stopOptions.forceKillTimeout ?? 1000
     const subprocess = this.subprocess
 
     if (subprocess == null || subprocess.exitCode != null || this._api == null) {
       return
     }
 
+    if (!(await this.api.isOnline())) {
+      return
+    }
+
     await this.api.stop()
 
-    // wait for the subprocess to exit and declare ourselves stopped
-    await waitFor(() => subprocess.exitCode != null, {
-      timeout
-    })
+    try {
+      // wait for the subprocess to exit and declare ourselves stopped
+      await waitFor(() => subprocess.exitCode != null, {
+        timeout
+      })
+    } catch {
+      subprocess.kill('SIGKILL')
+    }
 
     if (this.disposable) {
       // wait for the cleanup routine to run after the subprocess has exited
diff --git a/src/kubo/index.ts b/src/kubo/index.ts
index 4930ff10..b77247df 100644
--- a/src/kubo/index.ts
+++ b/src/kubo/index.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export interface KuboStartOptions {
   args?: string[]
 }
 
-export interface KuboOptions extends NodeOptions<boolean | KuboInitOptions, boolean | KuboStartOptions> {
+export interface KuboOptions extends NodeOptions<boolean | KuboInitOptions, boolean | KuboStartOptions, KuboStopOptions> {
   type: 'kubo'
 
   /**
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ export interface KuboOptions extends NodeOptions<boolean | KuboInitOptions, bool
   repo?: string
 }
 
+export interface KuboStopOptions {
+  /**
+   * How long to wait in ms before sending `SIGKILL` to the process
+   *
+   * @default 1000
+   */
+  forceKillTimeout?: number
+}
+
 export interface KuboInfo {
   pid?: number
   version?: string
@@ -67,6 +76,6 @@ export interface KuboInfo {
   repo: string
 }
 
-export interface KuboNode extends Node<KuboRPCClient, KuboOptions, KuboInfo, KuboInitOptions, KuboStartOptions> {
+export interface KuboNode extends Node<KuboRPCClient, KuboOptions, KuboInfo, KuboInitOptions, KuboStartOptions, KuboStopOptions> {
 
 }