diff --git a/Installomator.sh b/Installomator.sh
index 9336284..21e4be9 100755
--- a/Installomator.sh
+++ b/Installomator.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ NOTIFY=success
 BLOCKING_PROCESS_ACTION=prompt_user
 # options:
 #   - ignore       continue even when blocking processes are found
+#   - quit         app will be told to quit nicely, if running
+#   - quit_kill    told to quit twice, then it will be killed
+#                  Could be great for service apps, if they do not respawn
 #   - silent_fail  exit script without prompt or installation
 #   - prompt_user  show a user dialog for each blocking process found
 #                  abort after three attempts to quit
@@ -380,6 +383,18 @@ checkRunningProcesses() {
                 appClosed=1
                 
                 case $BLOCKING_PROCESS_ACTION in
+                    quit|quit_kill)
+                        printlog "telling app $x to quit"
+                        runAsUser osascript -e "tell app \"$x\" to quit"
+                        if [[ $i > 2 && $BLOCKING_PROCESS_ACTION = "quit_kill" ]]; then
+                          printlog "Changing BLOCKING_PROCESS_ACTION to kill"
+                          BLOCKING_PROCESS_ACTION=kill
+                        else
+                            # give the user a bit of time to quit apps
+                            printlog "waiting 30 seconds for processes to quit"
+                            sleep 30
+                        fi
+                        ;;
                     kill)
                       printlog "killing process $x"
                       pkill $x