diff --git a/src-tauri/src/child_process.rs b/src-tauri/src/child_process.rs
index 349d9bc..0fe6441 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/child_process.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/child_process.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use tauri::{utils, AppHandle, Manager};
 
-use tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver;
+use tokio::sync::{mpsc::Receiver, oneshot};
 
 /// Zebrad Configuration Filename
 pub const CONFIG_FILE: &str = "zebrad.toml";
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pub fn zebrad_bin_path() -> PathBuf {
     exe_dir_path.join(ZEBRAD_COMMAND_NAME)
 }
 
-pub fn run_zebrad() -> (Child, Receiver<String>) {
+pub fn run_zebrad() -> (Child, Receiver<String>, oneshot::Sender<()>) {
     let zebrad_config_path = zebrad_config_path();
     let zebrad_path = zebrad_bin_path();
 
@@ -77,22 +77,27 @@ pub fn run_zebrad() -> (Child, Receiver<String>) {
         .expect("should have anonymous pipe");
 
     // Spawn a task for reading output and sending it to a channel
+    let (shutdown_sender, mut shutdown_receiver) = oneshot::channel();
     let (output_sender, output_receiver) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(100);
     let _output_reader_task_handle = tauri::async_runtime::spawn_blocking(move || {
         for line in BufReader::new(zebrad_stdout).lines() {
+            let line = line.expect("zebrad logs should be valid UTF-8");
+
             // Ignore send errors for now
-            if let Err(error) =
-                output_sender.blocking_send(line.expect("zebrad logs should be valid UTF-8"))
-            {
+            if let Err(error) = output_sender.blocking_send(line) {
                 tracing::warn!(
                     ?error,
                     "zebrad output channel is closed before output terminated"
                 );
             }
+
+            if shutdown_receiver.try_recv().is_ok() {
+                break;
+            }
         }
     });
 
-    (zebrad_child, output_receiver)
+    (zebrad_child, output_receiver, shutdown_sender)
 }
 
 pub fn spawn_logs_emitter(
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 0a9eb6d..fc59eae 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ use tauri::{ipc::InvokeError, AppHandle, Manager, RunEvent};
 mod child_process;
 mod state;
 
-use state::AppState;
+use state::ZebradChild;
 
 #[tauri::command]
 async fn save_config(app_handle: AppHandle, new_config: String) -> Result<String, InvokeError> {
-    tracing::info!("dropping and killing zebrad child process");
-    app_handle.state::<AppState>().kill_zebrad_child();
+    println!("dropping and killing zebrad child process");
+    app_handle.state::<ZebradChild>().kill();
     let zebrad_config_path = zebrad_config_path();
 
-    tracing::info!("reading old config");
+    println!("reading old config");
     let old_config_contents = fs::read_to_string(&zebrad_config_path)
         .map_err(|err| format!("could not read existing config file, error: {err}"))?;
 
@@ -27,16 +27,35 @@ async fn save_config(app_handle: AppHandle, new_config: String) -> Result<String
     fs::write(zebrad_config_path, new_config)
         .map_err(|err| format!("could not write to config file, error: {err}"))?;
 
-    tracing::info!("waiting for old zebrad child process to shutdown");
+    println!("waiting for old zebrad child process to shutdown");
     tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
 
-    tracing::info!("starting new zebrad child process");
-    let (zebrad_child, zebrad_output_receiver) = run_zebrad();
+    println!("starting new zebrad child process");
+
+    loop {
+        // Check for an existing zebrad process
+        if app_handle.state::<ZebradChild>().is_running() {
+            println!("new zebrad child is running after old zebrad child was killed, was a new config saved before zebrad restarted?");
+            app_handle.state::<ZebradChild>().kill();
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+            continue;
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    let (zebrad_child, zebrad_output_receiver, read_task_shutdown_sender) = run_zebrad();
+
+    println!("started new zebrad child process, starting output reader task");
 
-    tracing::info!("started new zebrad child process, starting output reader task");
     app_handle
-        .state::<AppState>()
+        .state::<ZebradChild>()
         .insert_zebrad_child(zebrad_child);
+
+    app_handle
+        .state::<ZebradChild>()
+        .insert_log_reader_shutdown_sender(read_task_shutdown_sender);
+
     spawn_logs_emitter(zebrad_output_receiver, app_handle, false);
 
     Ok(old_config_contents)
@@ -49,10 +68,10 @@ fn read_config() -> Result<String, InvokeError> {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let (zebrad_child, zebrad_output_receiver) = run_zebrad();
+    let (zebrad_child, zebrad_output_receiver, read_task_shutdown_sender) = run_zebrad();
 
     tauri::Builder::default()
-        .manage(AppState::new(zebrad_child))
+        .manage(ZebradChild::new(zebrad_child, read_task_shutdown_sender))
         .setup(|app| {
             spawn_logs_emitter(zebrad_output_receiver, app.handle().clone(), true);
             Ok(())
@@ -62,7 +81,7 @@ fn main() {
         .unwrap()
         .run(move |app_handle: &AppHandle, _event| {
             if let RunEvent::Exit = &_event {
-                app_handle.state::<AppState>().kill_zebrad_child();
+                app_handle.state::<ZebradChild>().kill();
                 app_handle.exit(0);
             }
         });
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/state.rs b/src-tauri/src/state.rs
index 1f3d97d..b5d590b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/state.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/state.rs
@@ -1,32 +1,57 @@
 use std::{process::Child, sync::Mutex};
 
-pub struct AppState {
-    zebrad_child: Mutex<Option<Child>>,
+use tokio::sync::oneshot;
+
+pub struct ZebradChild {
+    handle: Mutex<Option<Child>>,
+    read_task_shutdown_sender: Mutex<Option<oneshot::Sender<()>>>,
 }
 
-impl AppState {
-    pub fn new(zebrad_child: Child) -> Self {
+impl ZebradChild {
+    pub fn new(zebrad_child: Child, read_task_shutdown_sender: oneshot::Sender<()>) -> Self {
         Self {
-            zebrad_child: Mutex::new(Some(zebrad_child)),
+            handle: Mutex::new(Some(zebrad_child)),
+            read_task_shutdown_sender: Mutex::new(Some(read_task_shutdown_sender)),
         }
     }
 
     pub fn insert_zebrad_child(&self, new_zebrad_child: Child) {
         let mut zebrad_child_handle = self
-            .zebrad_child
+            .handle
             .lock()
             .expect("could not get lock on zebrad child mutex");
 
         *zebrad_child_handle = Some(new_zebrad_child);
     }
 
-    /// Drops and kills the `zebrad_child` child process, if any.
+    pub fn insert_log_reader_shutdown_sender(&self, new_shutdown_sender: oneshot::Sender<()>) {
+        let mut read_task_shutdown_sender = self
+            .read_task_shutdown_sender
+            .lock()
+            .expect("could not get lock on zebrad child mutex");
+
+        if let Some(old_shutdown_sender) = read_task_shutdown_sender.replace(new_shutdown_sender) {
+            // It's okay if there's a send error, the task may exit and close the channel before
+            // the shutdown signal is sent.
+            let _ = old_shutdown_sender.send(());
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_running(&self) -> bool {
+        self.handle
+            .lock()
+            .expect("could not get lock on zebrad_child mutex")
+            .is_some()
+    }
+
+    /// Drops and kills the `zebrad_child` child process, if any, and
+    /// sends a shutdown signal to the log reader task, if any
     ///
     /// Returns true if there was a zebrad child process that's been killed and dropped, or
     /// returns false if there was no zebrad child process in the state.
-    pub fn kill_zebrad_child(&self) -> bool {
+    pub fn kill(&self) -> bool {
         if let Some(mut zebrad_child) = self
-            .zebrad_child
+            .handle
             .lock()
             .expect("could not get lock on zebrad_child mutex")
             .take()
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 35b18ec..fad209b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
     "windows": [
       {
         "title": "zebra-app",
-        "width": 800,
-        "height": 600
+        "width": 1000,
+        "height": 800
       }
     ],
     "security": {