diff --git a/ivette/src/dome/main/dome.ts b/ivette/src/dome/main/dome.ts
index 4528aae39829f29a839a0bac5bfd70b134c01d53..7c5db4f83c027748e0124a3c1199518063151880 100644
--- a/ivette/src/dome/main/dome.ts
+++ b/ivette/src/dome/main/dome.ts
@@ -477,22 +477,10 @@ function createBrowserWindow(
   });
 
   // Emitted when the window want's to close.
-  const closeHandler = function (event: Event): void {
-    // Do not call this handler in a cycle; the next close event will forcibly
-    // close the window
-    theWindow.off('close', closeHandler);
-    // Do not close the window yet
-    event.preventDefault();
-
+  theWindow.on('close', () => {
     handle.frame = theWindow.getBounds();
     handle.devtools = webContents.isDevToolsOpened();
     webContents.send('dome.ipc.closing');
-  };
-
-  theWindow.on('close', closeHandler);
-
-  ipcMain.on('dome-ipc.done-closing', () => {
-    theWindow.close();
   });
 
   // Keep track of frame positions (in DEVEL)
diff --git a/ivette/src/dome/misc/system.ts b/ivette/src/dome/misc/system.ts
index d3c6f8e5a7f6c01cfae4946ba67ec25d644d47d4..0896e7712106c082ab1ad4a2db4d1da4354e55fa 100644
--- a/ivette/src/dome/misc/system.ts
+++ b/ivette/src/dome/misc/system.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ emitter.setMaxListeners(250);
 // --- At Exit
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-export type Callback = () => (void | Promise<void>);
+export type Callback = () => void;
 
 const exitJobs: Callback[] = [];
 
@@ -128,14 +128,11 @@ export function atExit(callback: Callback): void {
 }
 
 /** Execute all pending exit jobs (and flush the list). */
-export async function doExit(): Promise<void> {
-  await Promise.all(exitJobs.map(async (fn) => {
-    try {
-      const promise = fn();
-      promise && await promise;
-    }
+export function doExit(): void {
+  exitJobs.forEach((fn) => {
+    try { fn(); }
     catch (err) { D.error('atExit:', err); }
-  }));
+  });
   exitJobs.length = 0;
 }
 
@@ -468,16 +465,13 @@ export function rename(oldPath: string, newPath: string): Promise<void> {
 
 const childprocess = new Map<number, Exec.ChildProcess>();
 
-atExit(async () => {
-  await Promise.all(Array.from(childprocess.values()).map(async (process) => {
-    try {
-      process.kill();
-      await new Promise(resolve => process.on('exit', resolve));
-    }
+atExit(() => {
+  childprocess.forEach((process, pid) => {
+    try { process.kill(); }
     catch (err) {
-      D.warn('killing process', process.pid, err);
+      D.warn('killing process', pid, err);
     }
-  }));
+  });
 });
 
 export type StdPipe = { path?: string | undefined; mode?: number; pipe?: boolean };
diff --git a/ivette/src/dome/renderer/dome.tsx b/ivette/src/dome/renderer/dome.tsx
index 00fb869ac04c3ef09186ff64d47002e6f673ea79..4410ed078d74224ccab45073213737b933e9c243 100644
--- a/ivette/src/dome/renderer/dome.tsx
+++ b/ivette/src/dome/renderer/dome.tsx
@@ -251,13 +251,10 @@ export const globalSettings = new Event(Settings.global);
 // --- Closing
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-ipcRenderer.on('dome.ipc.closing', async () => {
-    await System.doExit();
-    ipcRenderer.send('dome-ipc.done-closing');
-  });
+ipcRenderer.on('dome.ipc.closing', System.doExit);
 
 /** Register a callback to be executed when the window is closing. */
-export function atExit(callback: () => (void | Promise<void>)): void {
+export function atExit(callback: () => void): void {
   System.atExit(callback);
 }