diff --git a/src/TorProcess.js b/src/TorProcess.js
index 8a0093b..c8e5215 100644
--- a/src/TorProcess.js
+++ b/src/TorProcess.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class TorProcess extends EventEmitter {
 
 	exit(callback) {
 		this.process.once('exit', (code) => {
-			del(this.tor_config.DataDirectory).then(() => callback && callback(null, code)).catch((error) => callback && callback(error, code));
+			callback && callback(null, code);
 		});
 		this.process.kill('SIGKILL');
 	}
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ class TorProcess extends EventEmitter {
 				shell: '/bin/bash'
 			});
 
+			tor.on('exit', () => {
+				del.sync(this.tor_config.DataDirectory);
+			});
+
 			tor.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
 				let error_message = Buffer.from(data).toString('utf8');