diff --git a/src/main/events/auth/sign-out.ts b/src/main/events/auth/sign-out.ts
index 9c2ce2e0..0eb8cf07 100644
--- a/src/main/events/auth/sign-out.ts
+++ b/src/main/events/auth/sign-out.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { registerEvent } from "../register-event";
 import * as Sentry from "@sentry/electron/main";
-import { HydraApi, TorrentDownloader, gamesPlaytime } from "@main/services";
+import { HydraApi, RPCManager, gamesPlaytime } from "@main/services";
 import { dataSource } from "@main/data-source";
 import { DownloadQueue, Game, UserAuth } from "@main/entity";
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const signOut = async (_event: Electron.IpcMainInvokeEvent) => {
   Sentry.setUser(null);
 
   /* Disconnects libtorrent */
-  TorrentDownloader.kill();
+  RPCManager.kill();
 
   await Promise.all([
     databaseOperations,
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index cb20733a..1372539d 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import i18n from "i18next";
 import path from "node:path";
 import url from "node:url";
 import { electronApp, optimizer } from "@electron-toolkit/utils";
-import { logger, TorrentDownloader, WindowManager } from "@main/services";
+import { logger, RPCManager, WindowManager } from "@main/services";
 import { dataSource } from "@main/data-source";
 import * as resources from "@locales";
 import { userPreferencesRepository } from "@main/repository";
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ app.on("window-all-closed", () => {
 
 app.on("before-quit", () => {
   /* Disconnects libtorrent */
-  TorrentDownloader.kill();
+  RPCManager.kill();
 });
 
 app.on("activate", () => {
diff --git a/src/main/main.ts b/src/main/main.ts
index 1abd8c2f..759b1714 100644
--- a/src/main/main.ts
+++ b/src/main/main.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { DownloadManager, RepacksManager, startMainLoop } from "./services";
+import {
+  DownloadManager,
+  RepacksManager,
+  RPCManager,
+  startMainLoop,
+} from "./services";
 import {
   downloadQueueRepository,
   repackRepository,
@@ -12,8 +17,6 @@ import { MoreThan } from "typeorm";
 import { HydraApi } from "./services/hydra-api";
 import { uploadGamesBatch } from "./services/library-sync";
 
-startMainLoop();
-
 const loadState = async (userPreferences: UserPreferences | null) => {
   await RepacksManager.updateRepacks();
 
@@ -35,8 +38,13 @@ const loadState = async (userPreferences: UserPreferences | null) => {
     },
   });
 
-  if (nextQueueItem?.game.status === "active")
+  if (nextQueueItem?.game.status === "active") {
     DownloadManager.startDownload(nextQueueItem.game);
+  } else {
+    RPCManager.spawn();
+  }
+
+  startMainLoop();
 
   const now = new Date();
 
diff --git a/src/main/services/download/download-manager.ts b/src/main/services/download/download-manager.ts
index f7553c9c..8d402e5a 100644
--- a/src/main/services/download/download-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/download/download-manager.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Game } from "@main/entity";
 import { Downloader } from "@shared";
-import { TorrentDownloader } from "./torrent-downloader";
+import { RPCManager } from "./rpc-manager";
 import { WindowManager } from "../window-manager";
 import { downloadQueueRepository, gameRepository } from "@main/repository";
 import { publishDownloadCompleteNotification } from "../notifications";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export class DownloadManager {
     if (this.currentDownloader === Downloader.RealDebrid) {
       status = await RealDebridDownloader.getStatus();
     } else {
-      status = await TorrentDownloader.getStatus();
+      status = await RPCManager.getStatus();
     }
 
     if (status) {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class DownloadManager {
     if (this.currentDownloader === Downloader.RealDebrid) {
       RealDebridDownloader.pauseDownload();
     } else {
-      await TorrentDownloader.pauseDownload();
+      await RPCManager.pauseDownload();
     }
 
     WindowManager.mainWindow?.setProgressBar(-1);
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class DownloadManager {
       RealDebridDownloader.startDownload(game);
       this.currentDownloader = Downloader.RealDebrid;
     } else {
-      TorrentDownloader.startDownload(game);
+      RPCManager.startDownload(game);
       this.currentDownloader = Downloader.Torrent;
     }
   }
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class DownloadManager {
     if (this.currentDownloader === Downloader.RealDebrid) {
       RealDebridDownloader.cancelDownload();
     } else {
-      TorrentDownloader.cancelDownload(gameId);
+      RPCManager.cancelDownload(gameId);
     }
 
     WindowManager.mainWindow?.setProgressBar(-1);
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export class DownloadManager {
       RealDebridDownloader.startDownload(game);
       this.currentDownloader = Downloader.RealDebrid;
     } else {
-      TorrentDownloader.startDownload(game);
+      RPCManager.startDownload(game);
       this.currentDownloader = Downloader.Torrent;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/services/download/index.ts b/src/main/services/download/index.ts
index 6244b81a..0298f7d8 100644
--- a/src/main/services/download/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/download/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 export * from "./download-manager";
-export * from "./torrent-downloader";
+export * from "./rpc-manager";
diff --git a/src/main/services/download/torrent-downloader.ts b/src/main/services/download/rpc-manager.ts
similarity index 88%
rename from src/main/services/download/torrent-downloader.ts
rename to src/main/services/download/rpc-manager.ts
index e35bb617..12d40a28 100644
--- a/src/main/services/download/torrent-downloader.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/download/rpc-manager.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import {
   LibtorrentPayload,
 } from "./types";
 
-export class TorrentDownloader {
-  private static torrentClient: cp.ChildProcess | null = null;
+export class RPCManager {
+  private static rpcProcess: cp.ChildProcess | null = null;
   private static downloadingGameId = -1;
 
   private static rpc = axios.create({
@@ -26,18 +26,22 @@ export class TorrentDownloader {
     },
   });
 
-  private static spawn(args: StartDownloadPayload) {
-    this.torrentClient = startTorrentClient(args);
+  public static spawn(args?: StartDownloadPayload) {
+    this.rpcProcess = startTorrentClient(args);
   }
 
   public static kill() {
-    if (this.torrentClient) {
-      this.torrentClient.kill();
-      this.torrentClient = null;
+    if (this.rpcProcess) {
+      this.rpcProcess.kill();
+      this.rpcProcess = null;
       this.downloadingGameId = -1;
     }
   }
 
+  public static async getProccessList() {
+    return (await this.rpc.get<string[] | null>("/process-list")).data;
+  }
+
   public static async getStatus() {
     if (this.downloadingGameId === -1) return null;
 
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@ export class TorrentDownloader {
   }
 
   static async startDownload(game: Game) {
-    if (!this.torrentClient) {
+    if (!this.rpcProcess) {
       this.spawn({
         game_id: game.id,
         magnet: game.uri!,
diff --git a/src/main/services/download/torrent-client.ts b/src/main/services/download/torrent-client.ts
index 176ec664..93d20b7f 100644
--- a/src/main/services/download/torrent-client.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/download/torrent-client.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ export const BITTORRENT_PORT = "5881";
 export const RPC_PORT = "8084";
 export const RPC_PASSWORD = crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("hex");
 
-export const startTorrentClient = (args: StartDownloadPayload) => {
+export const startTorrentClient = (args?: StartDownloadPayload) => {
   const commonArgs = [
     BITTORRENT_PORT,
     RPC_PORT,
     RPC_PASSWORD,
-    encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(args)),
+    args ? encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(args)) : "",
   ];
 
   if (app.isPackaged) {
diff --git a/src/main/services/process-watcher.ts b/src/main/services/process-watcher.ts
index f20b4128..4dc12bc1 100644
--- a/src/main/services/process-watcher.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/process-watcher.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-import path from "node:path";
-
 import { IsNull, Not } from "typeorm";
 import { gameRepository } from "@main/repository";
-import { getProcesses } from "@main/helpers";
 import { WindowManager } from "./window-manager";
 import { createGame, updateGamePlaytime } from "./library-sync";
 import { GameRunning } from "@types";
+import { RPCManager } from "./download";
 
 export const gamesPlaytime = new Map<
   number,
@@ -22,22 +20,13 @@ export const watchProcesses = async () => {
 
   if (games.length === 0) return;
 
-  const processes = await getProcesses();
+  const processes = (await RPCManager.getProccessList()) || [];
 
   for (const game of games) {
     const executablePath = game.executablePath!;
-    const basename = path.win32.basename(executablePath);
-    const basenameWithoutExtension = path.win32.basename(
-      executablePath,
-      path.extname(executablePath)
-    );
 
     const gameProcess = processes.find((runningProcess) => {
-      if (process.platform === "win32") {
-        return runningProcess.name === basename;
-      }
-
-      return [basename, basenameWithoutExtension].includes(runningProcess.name);
+      return executablePath == runningProcess;
     });
 
     if (gameProcess) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/pages/game-details/hero/hero-panel-actions.tsx b/src/renderer/src/pages/game-details/hero/hero-panel-actions.tsx
index 4741668e..795aa8af 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/pages/game-details/hero/hero-panel-actions.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/pages/game-details/hero/hero-panel-actions.tsx
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export function HeroPanelActions() {
         <Button
           onClick={() => setShowGameOptionsModal(true)}
           theme="outline"
-          disabled={deleting || isGameRunning}
+          disabled={deleting}
           className={styles.heroPanelAction}
         >
           <GearIcon />
diff --git a/torrent-client/main.py b/torrent-client/main.py
index a0d2a57e..eb04b77c 100644
--- a/torrent-client/main.py
+++ b/torrent-client/main.py
@@ -4,16 +4,17 @@ import json
 import urllib.parse
 import psutil
 from downloader import Downloader
-from time import time
 
 torrent_port = sys.argv[1]
 http_port = sys.argv[2]
 rpc_password = sys.argv[3]
-initial_download = json.loads(urllib.parse.unquote(sys.argv[4]))
 
-downloader = Downloader(torrent_port)
+downloader = None
 
-downloader.start_download(initial_download['game_id'], initial_download['magnet'], initial_download['save_path'])
+if sys.argv[4]:
+    initial_download = json.loads(urllib.parse.unquote(sys.argv[4]))
+    downloader = Downloader(torrent_port)
+    downloader.start_download(initial_download['game_id'], initial_download['magnet'], initial_download['save_path'])
 
 class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     rpc_password_header = 'x-hydra-rpc-password'
@@ -36,14 +37,17 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             self.send_response(200)
             self.end_headers()
         
-        if self.path == "/process":
-            start_time = time()
-            process_path = set([proc.info["exe"] for proc in psutil.process_iter(['exe'])])
+        if self.path == "/process-list":
+            if self.headers.get(self.rpc_password_header) != rpc_password:
+                self.send_response(401)
+                self.end_headers()
+                return
+            
+            process_path = list(set([proc.info["exe"] for proc in psutil.process_iter(['exe'])]))
             self.send_response(200)
             self.send_header("Content-type", "application/json")
             self.end_headers()
-            self.wfile.write(json.dumps(list(process_path)).encode('utf-8'))
-            print(time() - start_time)
+            self.wfile.write(json.dumps(process_path).encode('utf-8'))
     
     def do_POST(self):
         if self.path == "/action":
@@ -56,6 +60,9 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             post_data = self.rfile.read(content_length)
             data = json.loads(post_data.decode('utf-8'))
 
+            if downloader is None:
+                downloader = Downloader(torrent_port)
+
             if data['action'] == 'start':
                 downloader.start_download(data['game_id'], data['magnet'], data['save_path'])
             elif data['action'] == 'pause':