diff --git a/python/ray/scripts/scripts.py b/python/ray/scripts/scripts.py
index 8f4e391fb..f07c41636 100644
--- a/python/ray/scripts/scripts.py
+++ b/python/ray/scripts/scripts.py
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ def stop():
             if "/tmp/ray" in server["notebook_dir"]
         ]
         subprocess.call(
-            ["kill {} 2> /dev/null".format(" ".join(pids))], shell=True)
+            ["kill -9 {} 2> /dev/null".format(" ".join(pids))], shell=True)
     except ImportError:
         pass