diff --git a/app/controllers/deployment.controller.js b/app/controllers/deployment.controller.js
index 7b08834..c900f6c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/deployment.controller.js
+++ b/app/controllers/deployment.controller.js
@@ -100,9 +100,10 @@ exports.deployment = async (req, res) => {
     const child = spawn(DEPLOY_SCRIPT, [], {
       cwd: path.dirname(DEPLOY_SCRIPT),
       env: process.env,
-      detached: false
+       detached: true,
+      stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'ignore'] // detach fully
     });
-
+    child.unref();
     // capture output for logs
     child.stdout.on('data', (d) => logger.info('SCRIPT_OUT:' + d.toString().trim()));
     child.stderr.on('data', (d) => logger.info('SCRIPT_ERR:' + d.toString().trim()));