diff --git a/scriptbuilder/src/main/resources/functions/findPid.sh b/scriptbuilder/src/main/resources/functions/findPid.sh
index 2285cd06b9..1018c385ac 100644
--- a/scriptbuilder/src/main/resources/functions/findPid.sh
+++ b/scriptbuilder/src/main/resources/functions/findPid.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ function findPid {
       return 1
    }
    local PATTERN="$1"; shift
-   local _FOUND=`ps auxwww|grep "$PATTERN"|grep -v " $0"|grep -v grep|awk '{print $2}'`
+   local _FOUND=`ps auxwww|grep "$PATTERN"|grep -v " $0"|grep -v grep|grep -v $$|awk '{print $2}'`
    [ -n "$_FOUND" ] && {
       export FOUND_PID=$_FOUND
       return 0
diff --git a/scriptbuilder/src/test/resources/test_find_pid.sh b/scriptbuilder/src/test/resources/test_find_pid.sh
index e3364ce2de..fc29b66050 100644
--- a/scriptbuilder/src/test/resources/test_find_pid.sh
+++ b/scriptbuilder/src/test/resources/test_find_pid.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function findPid {
       return 1
    }
    local PATTERN="$1"; shift
-   local _FOUND=`ps auxwww|grep "$PATTERN"|grep -v " $0"|grep -v grep|awk '{print $2}'`
+   local _FOUND=`ps auxwww|grep "$PATTERN"|grep -v " $0"|grep -v grep|grep -v $$|awk '{print $2}'`
    [ -n "$_FOUND" ] && {
       export FOUND_PID=$_FOUND
       return 0