diff --git a/lib/comms.cpp b/lib/comms.cpp
index dabea8f0..5c76925b 100644
--- a/lib/comms.cpp
+++ b/lib/comms.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace Comms{
   uint8_t sessionUnspecifiedMode = 0;
   uint8_t sessionStreamInfoMode = SESS_DEFAULT_STREAM_INFO_MODE;
   uint8_t tknMode = SESS_TKN_DEFAULT_MODE;
+  uint8_t defaultCommFlags = 0;
 
   /// \brief Refreshes the session configuration if the last update was more than 5 seconds ago
   void sessionConfigCache(){
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ namespace Comms{
       for (size_t i = 0; i < recordCount(); i++){
         if (getStatus(i) == COMM_STATUS_INVALID || (getStatus(i) & COMM_STATUS_DISCONNECT)){continue;}
         uint64_t cPid = getPid(i);
-        if (cPid > 1){
+        if (cPid > 1 && !(getStatus(i) & COMM_STATUS_NOKILL)){
           Util::Procs::Stop(cPid); // soft kill
           keepGoing = true;
         }
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ namespace Comms{
           IPC::semGuard G(&sem);
           if (getStatus() != COMM_STATUS_INVALID){continue;}
           nullFields();
-          setStatus(COMM_STATUS_ACTIVE);
+          setStatus(COMM_STATUS_ACTIVE | defaultCommFlags);
           break;
         }
       }
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ namespace Comms{
     if (dataPage){
       setTrack(idx);
       setKeyNum(0);
-      setStatus(initialState);
+      setStatus(initialState | defaultCommFlags);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/comms.h b/lib/comms.h
index 8dfed832..491bda9b 100644
--- a/lib/comms.h
+++ b/lib/comms.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace Comms{
   extern uint8_t sessionUnspecifiedMode;
   extern uint8_t sessionStreamInfoMode;
   extern uint8_t tknMode;
+  extern uint8_t defaultCommFlags;
   void sessionConfigCache();
 
   class Comms{
diff --git a/lib/defines.h b/lib/defines.h
index 9337a0b6..be68782f 100644
--- a/lib/defines.h
+++ b/lib/defines.h
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ static inline void show_stackframe(){}
 #define COMM_STATUS_DONOTTRACK 0x40
 #define COMM_STATUS_DISCONNECT 0x20
 #define COMM_STATUS_REQDISCONNECT 0x10
+#define COMM_STATUS_NOKILL 0x8
 #define COMM_STATUS_ACTIVE 0x1
 #define COMM_STATUS_INVALID 0x0
 #define SESS_BUNDLE_DEFAULT_VIEWER 14
diff --git a/src/output/output.cpp b/src/output/output.cpp
index ee79aa9f..78800d38 100644
--- a/src/output/output.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output.cpp
@@ -2221,7 +2221,7 @@ namespace Mist{
       onFail("Shutting down since this session is not allowed to view this stream");
       statComm.unload();
       return;
-    } 
+    }
 
     lastStats = now;
 
diff --git a/src/output/output_tsrist.cpp b/src/output/output_tsrist.cpp
index 894b091b..578ddae0 100644
--- a/src/output/output_tsrist.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_tsrist.cpp
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
       sigaction(SIGUSR1, &new_action, NULL);
     }
     if (conf.getInteger("port") && conf.getString("interface").size()){
+      Comms::defaultCommFlags = COMM_STATUS_NOKILL;
 
       if (rist_receiver_create(&rec_ctx, (rist_profile)conf.getInteger("profile"), &Mist::log_settings) != 0){
         FAIL_MSG("Failed to create receiver context");
diff --git a/src/output/output_tssrt.cpp b/src/output/output_tssrt.cpp
index 3e8ba276..d172d2a5 100644
--- a/src/output/output_tssrt.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_tssrt.cpp
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
       if (oldSignal){WARN_MSG("Multiple signal handlers! I can't deal with this.");}
       oldSignal = cur_action.sa_sigaction;
     }
+    Comms::defaultCommFlags = COMM_STATUS_NOKILL;
     Util::Procs::socketList.insert(server_socket.getSocket());
     while (conf.is_active && server_socket.connected()){
       Socket::SRTConnection S = server_socket.accept(false, "output");
diff --git a/src/utils/util_nuke.cpp b/src/utils/util_nuke.cpp
index 083a204f..a2858cf6 100644
--- a/src/utils/util_nuke.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/util_nuke.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
       cleanUsers.setStatus(COMM_STATUS_INVALID, i);
       if (status != COMM_STATUS_INVALID && !(status & COMM_STATUS_DISCONNECT)){
         pid_t pid = cleanUsers.getPid(i);
-        if (pid > 1){
+        if (pid > 1 && !(cleanUsers.getStatus(i) & COMM_STATUS_NOKILL)){
           Util::Procs::Stop(pid);
           checkPids.insert(pid);
         }
@@ -165,3 +165,4 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
   nukeSem("/MstPull_%s");
   nukeSem(SEM_TRACKLIST);
 }
+