diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2926f1ed..6cdf8a79 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.2-stable+timestamp.2013.03.10.09.09.48
+Version 2.4.2-stable+timestamp.2013.03.10.10.20.58
diff --git a/gluon/newcron.py b/gluon/newcron.py
index aa3bcd9f..bc8fb438 100644
--- a/gluon/newcron.py
+++ b/gluon/newcron.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from settings import global_settings
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("web2py.cron")
 _cron_stopping = False
+_cron_subprocs = []
 
 
 def absolute_path_link(path):
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ def stopcron():
     "graceful shutdown of cron"
     global _cron_stopping
     _cron_stopping = True
-
+    while _cron_subprocs:
+        _cron_subprocs.pop().terminate()
 
 class extcron(threading.Thread):
 
@@ -232,6 +234,7 @@ class cronlauncher(threading.Thread):
 
     def run(self):
         import subprocess
+        global _cron_subprocs
         if isinstance(self.cmd, (list, tuple)):
             cmd = self.cmd
         else:
@@ -241,6 +244,7 @@ class cronlauncher(threading.Thread):
                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                                 shell=self.shell)
+        _cron_subprocs.append(proc)
         (stdoutdata, stderrdata) = proc.communicate()
         if proc.returncode != 0:
             logger.warning(
diff --git a/gluon/widget.py b/gluon/widget.py
index 1e31624b..d4ed169d 100644
--- a/gluon/widget.py
+++ b/gluon/widget.py
@@ -434,6 +434,10 @@ class web2pyDialog(object):
                     self.try_stop_scheduler(t)
             except:
                 pass
+            try:
+                newcron.stopcron()
+            except:
+                pass
             try:
                 self.server.stop()
             except: