diff --git a/apps/api/src/cutover-orchestrator.ts b/apps/api/src/cutover-orchestrator.ts
index 14a59dc..d890db5 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/cutover-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/cutover-orchestrator.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export const nodeCutoverSystem: CutoverSystem = {
       '/usr/bin/python3',
       [
         '-c',
-        'import os,sys; pid=os.fork(); print(pid, flush=True); pid and sys.exit(0); os.setsid(); os.execve(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[1:], dict(os.environ))',
+        'import os,sys; pid=os.fork(); pid and (print(pid, flush=True) or os._exit(0)); os.setsid(); os.execve(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[1:], dict(os.environ))',
         ...argv,
       ],
       {