diff --git a/examples/docs-examples/examples/working-with-results/single-command-fail.mjs b/examples/docs-examples/examples/working-with-results/single-command-fail.mjs
index e4a92201c..d8a523fbb 100644
--- a/examples/docs-examples/examples/working-with-results/single-command-fail.mjs
+++ b/examples/docs-examples/examples/working-with-results/single-command-fail.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { TaskExecutor } from "@golem-sdk/golem-js";
   const executor = await TaskExecutor.create({
     package: "529f7fdaf1cf46ce3126eb6bbcd3b213c314fe8fe884914f5d1106d4",
     yagnaOptions: { apiKey: "try_golem" },
-    isSubprocess: true,
   });
 
   // there is a mistake and instead of 'node -v' we call 'node -w'
diff --git a/examples/docs-examples/examples/working-with-results/single-command.mjs b/examples/docs-examples/examples/working-with-results/single-command.mjs
index 1075c8dba..7a48cebf6 100644
--- a/examples/docs-examples/examples/working-with-results/single-command.mjs
+++ b/examples/docs-examples/examples/working-with-results/single-command.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { TaskExecutor } from "@golem-sdk/golem-js";
   const executor = await TaskExecutor.create({
     package: "529f7fdaf1cf46ce3126eb6bbcd3b213c314fe8fe884914f5d1106d4",
     yagnaOptions: { apiKey: "try_golem" },
-    isSubprocess: true,
   });
 
   const result = await executor.run(async (ctx) => await ctx.run("node -v"));
diff --git a/examples/docs-examples/examples/working-with-results/worker.mjs b/examples/docs-examples/examples/working-with-results/worker.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..accefceba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/docs-examples/examples/working-with-results/worker.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log("Hello World");
diff --git a/tests/examples/examples.test.ts b/tests/examples/examples.test.ts
index eaf1460bf..9c464452b 100644
--- a/tests/examples/examples.test.ts
+++ b/tests/examples/examples.test.ts
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ async function test(cmd: string, path: string, args: string[] = [], timeout = 18
   const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
     error = `Test timeout was reached after ${timeout} seconds.`;
     spawnedExample.kill();
-    // for some reason the process doesn't exit after kill, it does so after I type enter
-    spawnedExample.stdin.write("\n");
-    spawnedExample.stdin.end();
   }, timeout * 1000);
   return new Promise((res, rej) => {
     spawnedExample.stdout?.on("data", (data: string) => {
@@ -39,8 +36,10 @@ async function test(cmd: string, path: string, args: string[] = [], timeout = 18
       if (criticalLogsRegExp.some((regexp) => data.match(regexp))) {
         error = `A critical error occurred during the test.`;
         spawnedExample.kill();
-        spawnedExample.stdin.write("\n");
-        spawnedExample.stdin.end();
+      }
+      // for some reason, sometimes the process doesn't exit after Executor shut down
+      if (data.indexOf("Task Executor has shut down") !== -1) {
+        spawnedExample.kill("SIGKILL");
       }
     });
     spawnedExample.on("close", (code) => {