diff --git a/ovos_workshop/decorators/killable.py b/ovos_workshop/decorators/killable.py
index 871aaf1f..bdb86e3a 100644
--- a/ovos_workshop/decorators/killable.py
+++ b/ovos_workshop/decorators/killable.py
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ def killable_event(msg: str = "mycroft.skills.abort_execution",
                    exc: Type[Exception] = AbortEvent,
                    callback: Optional[callable] = None,
                    react_to_stop: bool = False, call_stop: bool = False,
-                   stop_tts: bool = False):
+                   stop_tts: bool = False,
+                   check_skill_id: bool = False):
     """
     Decorator to mark a method that can be terminated during execution.
     @param msg: Message name to terminate on
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ def killable_event(msg: str = "mycroft.skills.abort_execution",
     @param react_to_stop: If true, also terminate on `stop` Messages
     @param call_stop: If true, also call `Class.stop` method
     @param stop_tts: If true, emit message to stop TTS audio playback
+    @param check_skill_id: If true, require skill_id in message.data to match this skill
     """
     # Begin wrapper
     def create_killable(func):
@@ -68,6 +70,12 @@ def abort(m: Message):
                 if sess.session_id != sess2.session_id:
                     LOG.debug(f"ignoring '{msg}' kill event, event listener not created by this session")
                     return
+                if check_skill_id:
+                    skill_id = m.data.get("skill_id", "")
+                    if skill_id and skill_id != skill.skill_id:
+                        LOG.debug(f"ignoring '{msg}' kill event, event targeted to {skill_id}")
+                        return
+
                 if stop_tts:
                     skill.bus.emit(Message("mycroft.audio.speech.stop"))
                 if call_stop:
diff --git a/ovos_workshop/skills/fallback.py b/ovos_workshop/skills/fallback.py
index 416e54e0..8001984b 100644
--- a/ovos_workshop/skills/fallback.py
+++ b/ovos_workshop/skills/fallback.py
@@ -358,12 +358,14 @@ def _handle_fallback_ack(self, message: Message):
             context={"skill_id": self.skill_id}))
 
     def _on_timeout(self):
+        """_handle_fallback_request timed out and was forcefully killed by ovos-core"""
         message = dig_for_message()
         self.bus.emit(message.forward(
             f"ovos.skills.fallback.{self.skill_id}.killed",
             data={"error": "timed out"}))
 
-    @killable_event("ovos.skills.fallback.force_timeout", callback=_on_timeout)
+    @killable_event("ovos.skills.fallback.force_timeout",
+                    callback=_on_timeout, check_skill_id=True)
     def _handle_fallback_request(self, message: Message):
         """
         Handle a fallback request, calling any registered handlers in priority
diff --git a/ovos_workshop/skills/ovos.py b/ovos_workshop/skills/ovos.py
index 3ff6477c..a4935050 100644
--- a/ovos_workshop/skills/ovos.py
+++ b/ovos_workshop/skills/ovos.py
@@ -1222,6 +1222,15 @@ def on_deac(message):
         self.bus.remove("intent.service.skills.deactivate", on_deac)
         return result
 
+    def _on_timeout(self):
+        """_handle_converse_request timed out and was forcefully killed by ovos-core"""
+        message = dig_for_message()
+        self.bus.emit(message.forward(
+            f"{self.skill_id}.converse.killed",
+            data={"error": "timed out"}))
+
+    @killable_event("ovos.skills.converse.force_timeout",
+                    callback=_on_timeout, check_skill_id=True)
     def _handle_converse_request(self, message: Message):
         """
         If this skill is requested and supports converse, handle the user input