diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 2bf114529fc..92667a17cf1 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ jetty-7.2.2-SNAPSHOT
  + 330208 Support new wording on servlet-mapping and filter-mapping merging from servlet3.0a
  + 330188 Reject web-fragment.xml with same <name> as another already loaded one
  + 330229 Jetty tries to parse META-INF/*.tld when jsp-api is not on classpath, causing DTD entity resoluton to fail
+ + 330265 start.jar --stop kills --exec subprocess
  + 330417 Atomic PUT in PutFilter
  + 330419 Reloading webapp duplicates StandardDescriptorProcessor 
 
diff --git a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Main.java b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Main.java
index 8d396d68ac5..277cc376f19 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Main.java
+++ b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Main.java
@@ -497,7 +497,10 @@ public class Main
     public void start(List<String> xmls) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, InterruptedException
     {
         // Setup Start / Stop Monitoring
-        startMonitor();
+        int port = Integer.parseInt(_config.getProperty("STOP.PORT",System.getProperty("STOP.PORT","-1")));
+        String key = _config.getProperty("STOP.KEY",System.getProperty("STOP.KEY",null));
+        Monitor monitor=new Monitor(port,key);
+        
 
         // Load potential Config (start.config)
         List<String> configuredXmls = loadConfig(xmls);
@@ -570,7 +573,7 @@ public class Main
             return;
         }
         
-        // Show Command Line to execute Jetty
+        // execute Jetty in another JVM
         if (_exec)
         {
             String cmd = buildCommandLine(classpath,configuredXmls);
@@ -578,6 +581,7 @@ public class Main
             copyInThread(process.getErrorStream(),System.err);
             copyInThread(process.getInputStream(),System.out);
             copyInThread(System.in,process.getOutputStream());
+            monitor.setProcess(process);
             process.waitFor();
             return;
         }
@@ -641,7 +645,7 @@ public class Main
                 }
                 catch(IOException e)
                 {
-                    e.printStackTrace();
+                    // e.printStackTrace();
                 }
             }
             
@@ -1054,13 +1058,6 @@ public class Main
         return cfgstream;
     }
 
-    private void startMonitor()
-    {
-        int port = Integer.parseInt(_config.getProperty("STOP.PORT",System.getProperty("STOP.PORT","-1")));
-        String key = _config.getProperty("STOP.KEY",System.getProperty("STOP.KEY",null));
-
-        Monitor.monitor(port,key);
-    }
 
     /**
      * Stop a running jetty instance.
diff --git a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Monitor.java b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Monitor.java
index 4cea7d3c01b..8955907479a 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Monitor.java
+++ b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Monitor.java
@@ -32,33 +32,31 @@ import java.net.Socket;
  */
 public class Monitor extends Thread
 {
-    private int _port;
-    private String _key;
+    private Process _process;
+    private final int _port;
+    private final String _key;
 
     ServerSocket _socket;
     
     Monitor(int port,String key)
     {
-        _port=port;
-        _key=key;
-        
         try
         {
-            if(_port<0)
+            if(port<0)
                 return;
             setDaemon(true);
 	    setName("StopMonitor");
-            _socket=new ServerSocket(_port,1,InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1"));
-            if (_port==0)
+            _socket=new ServerSocket(port,1,InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1"));
+            if (port==0)
             {
-                _port=_socket.getLocalPort();
-                System.out.println(_port);
+                port=_socket.getLocalPort();
+                System.out.println(port);
             }
             
-            if (_key==null)
+            if (key==null)
             {
-                _key=Long.toString((long)(Long.MAX_VALUE*Math.random()+this.hashCode()+System.currentTimeMillis()),36);
-                System.out.println("STOP.KEY="+_key);
+                key=Long.toString((long)(Long.MAX_VALUE*Math.random()+this.hashCode()+System.currentTimeMillis()),36);
+                System.out.println("STOP.KEY="+key);
             }
         }
         catch(Exception e)
@@ -66,12 +64,28 @@ public class Monitor extends Thread
             Config.debug(e);
             System.err.println(e.toString());
         }
+        finally
+        {
+            _port=port;
+            _key=key;
+        }
+        
         if (_socket!=null)
             this.start();
         else
             System.err.println("WARN: Not listening on monitor port: "+_port);
     }
     
+    public Process getProcess()
+    {
+        return _process;
+    }
+    
+    public void setProcess(Process process)
+    {
+        _process = process;
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public void run()
     {
@@ -93,6 +107,8 @@ public class Monitor extends Thread
                 {
                     try {socket.close();}catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
                     try {_socket.close();}catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
+                    if (_process!=null)
+                        _process.destroy();
                     System.exit(0);
                 }
                 else if ("status".equals(cmd))
@@ -116,13 +132,5 @@ public class Monitor extends Thread
             }
         }
     }
-
-    /** Start a Monitor.
-     * This static method starts a monitor that listens for admin requests.
-     */
-    public static void monitor(int port,String key)
-    {
-        new Monitor(port,key);
-    }
  
 }