diff --git a/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs b/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs
index cd6ec41..2141107 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ using Bloxstrap.Models;
 
 namespace Bloxstrap
 {
-    public partial class Bootstrapper
+    public class Bootstrapper
     {
         #region Properties
 
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
 
             // whether we should wait for roblox to exit to handle stuff in the background or clean up after roblox closes
             bool shouldWait = false;
-            Mutex singletonMutex;
+            Mutex? singletonMutex = null;
 
             if (App.Settings.Prop.MultiInstanceLaunching)
             {
@@ -357,14 +357,14 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
                 // this might be a bit problematic since this mutex will be released when the first launched instance is closed...
                 try
                 {
-                    singletonMutex = Mutex.OpenExisting("ROBLOX_singletonMutex");
-                    App.Logger.WriteLine("[Bootstrapper::StartRoblox] Warning - singleton mutex already exists");
+                    Mutex.OpenExisting("ROBLOX_singletonMutex");
+                    App.Logger.WriteLine("[Bootstrapper::StartRoblox] Warning - singleton mutex already exists!");
                 }
                 catch
                 {
                     singletonMutex = new Mutex(true, "ROBLOX_singletonMutex");
+                    shouldWait = true;
                 }
-                shouldWait = true;
             }
 
             Process gameClient = Process.Start(Path.Combine(_versionFolder, "RobloxPlayerBeta.exe"), _launchCommandLine);
@@ -454,6 +454,27 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
                 App.Logger.WriteLine($"[Bootstrapper::StartRoblox] Autoclosing process '{process.ProcessName}' (PID {process.Id})");
                 process.Kill();
             }
+
+            if (singletonMutex is not null)
+            {
+                // we've got ownership of the roblox singleton mutex!
+                // if we stop running, everything will screw up once any more instances launched
+                // also this code is blehhhh im sure theres a better way of checking if the process count changed like this
+
+                int runningProcesses = -1;
+                while (runningProcesses != 0)
+                {
+                    int runningProcessesNow = Utilities.GetProcessCount("RobloxPlayerBeta", false);
+
+                    if (runningProcessesNow != runningProcesses)
+                    {
+                        App.Logger.WriteLine($"[Bootstrapper::StartRoblox] We have singleton mutex ownership! Running in background until all Roblox processes are closed ({runningProcessesNow} remaining)...");
+                        runningProcesses = runningProcessesNow;
+                    }
+
+                    await Task.Delay(5000);
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         public void CancelInstall()
diff --git a/Bloxstrap/Helpers/Utilities.cs b/Bloxstrap/Helpers/Utilities.cs
index 5b22a84..07c3c40 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/Helpers/Utilities.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/Helpers/Utilities.cs
@@ -26,13 +26,15 @@ namespace Bloxstrap.Helpers
             return -1;
         }
 
-        public static int GetProcessCount(string processName)
+        public static int GetProcessCount(string processName, bool log = true)
         {
-            App.Logger.WriteLine($"[Utilities::CheckIfProcessRunning] Checking if '{processName}' is running...");
+            if (log)
+                App.Logger.WriteLine($"[Utilities::CheckIfProcessRunning] Checking if '{processName}' is running...");
 
             Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("RobloxPlayerBeta");
 
-            App.Logger.WriteLine($"[Utilities::CheckIfProcessRunning] Found {processes.Length} process(es) running for '{processName}'");
+            if (log)
+                App.Logger.WriteLine($"[Utilities::CheckIfProcessRunning] Found {processes.Length} process(es) running for '{processName}'");
 
             return processes.Length;
         }