diff --git a/gaboshlib/g_kill_all_background_jobs.sh b/gaboshlib/g_kill_all_background_jobs.sh
index 50e15ae..0f2f0bf 100644
--- a/gaboshlib/g_kill_all_background_jobs.sh
+++ b/gaboshlib/g_kill_all_background_jobs.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 function g_kill_all_background_jobs {
-  kill -9 $(jobs -p) >/dev/null 2>&1
-
+  local g_pids
+  readarray g_pids < <(jobs -p)
+  [ -n "${g_pids[0]}" ] && kill -9 ${pids[*]} >/dev/null 2>&1
 }