diff --git a/debian/prerm b/debian/prerm
index 058bf50..03b369d 100644
--- a/debian/prerm
+++ b/debian/prerm
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 # Automatically added by dh_installinit
-if [ -x "/etc/init.d/dns-flood-detector" ]; then
-	/etc/init.d/dns-flood-detector stop || exit $?
-fi
+killall -9 dns-flood-detector
 # End automatically added section
 
+#DEBHELPER#