diff --git a/checkrunningprocesses.sh b/checkrunningprocesses.sh
index 963fca6..183c6f6 100644
--- a/checkrunningprocesses.sh
+++ b/checkrunningprocesses.sh
@@ -23,16 +23,14 @@ displaydialog() { # $1: message
     runAsUser /usr/bin/osascript -e "button returned of (display dialog \"$message\" buttons {\"Not Now\", \"Quit and Update\"} default button \"Quit and Update\")"
 }
 
-
-countedProcesses=1
-countedErrors=0
-while [[ $countedProcesses -ne 0 ]]; do
+# try at most 3 times
+for i in {1..3}; do
     countedProcesses=0
     for x in ${blockingProcesses}; do
         if pgrep -xq "$x"; then
             echo "process $x is running"
             # pkill $x
-            button=$(displaydialog "The Application $x needs to be updated. Quit the app to continue updating?")
+            button=$(displaydialog "The application $x needs to be updated. Quit the app to continue updating?")
             if [[ $button = "Not Now" ]]; then
                 echo "user aborted update"
                 exit 1
@@ -40,10 +38,25 @@ while [[ $countedProcesses -ne 0 ]]; do
                 runAsUser osascript -e "tell app \"$x\" to quit"
             fi
             countedProcesses=$((countedProcesses + 1))
+            countedErrors=$((countedErrors + 1))
         fi
     done
-    if [[ $countedProcesses -ne 0 ]]; then
-        # give the user some time to quit the app
-        sleep 10
+
+    if [[ $countedProcesses -eq 0 ]]; then
+        # no blocking processes, exit the loop early
+        break
+    else
+        # give the user a bit of time to quit apps
+        sleep 30
     fi
 done
+
+if [[ $countedProcesses -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "could not quit all processes, aborting..."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "everything is quit, continue with update"
+
+exit 0
+