diff --git a/src/mi2.ts b/src/mi2.ts
index e0f509f..4b90fb1 100644
--- a/src/mi2.ts
+++ b/src/mi2.ts
@@ -1114,17 +1114,12 @@ export class MI2 extends EventEmitter implements IDebugger {
         return strCode;
     }
 
-    isTerminalInstalled(terminalCommand):boolean {
+    isTerminalInstalled(terminalCommand: string): boolean {
         try {
-        const command = `command -v ${terminalCommand} >/dev/null 2>/dev/null`;
-        const xterm_process = ChildProcess.spawn(command,  {
-            detached: true,
-            stdio: 'ignore',
-        });
-        xterm_process.unref();
-          return true;
+            ChildProcess.execSync(`command -v ${terminalCommand}`);
+            return true;
         } catch (error) {
-          return false;
+            return false;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1220,10 +1215,10 @@ export class MI2 extends EventEmitter implements IDebugger {
                     this.createXtermTerminal(sleepVal, target);
                 }else if(this.isTerminalInstalled("gnome-terminal")){
                     this.createGNOMETerminal(sleepVal, target);
-                }else if(this.isTerminalInstalled("konsole")){
-                    this.createKDETerminal(sleepVal, target);
                 }else if(this.isTerminalInstalled("xfce4-terminal")){
                     this.createXFCETerminal(sleepVal, target);
+                }else if(this.isTerminalInstalled("konsole")){
+                    this.createKDETerminal(sleepVal, target);
                 }
             }
         } else {