diff --git a/services/filestore/app/coffee/FileConverter.coffee b/services/filestore/app/coffee/FileConverter.coffee
index bf38833017..c142d3a5e0 100644
--- a/services/filestore/app/coffee/FileConverter.coffee
+++ b/services/filestore/app/coffee/FileConverter.coffee
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ approvedFormats = ["png"]
 fourtySeconds = 40 * 1000
 
 childProcessOpts =
-	killSignal: "SIGKILL"
+	killSignal: "SIGTERM"
 	timeout: fourtySeconds