diff --git a/backend/networking/shutdown.go b/backend/networking/shutdown.go
index 29494d54..ba5699f9 100644
--- a/backend/networking/shutdown.go
+++ b/backend/networking/shutdown.go
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
-
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/models"
 	"github.com/seriousm4x/upsnap/logger"
 )
@@ -35,12 +32,8 @@ func ShutdownDevice(device *models.Record) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, shell, shell_arg, shutdown_cmd)
-
-	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
-		// set group id for child processes, windows doesn't support this
-		// used to avoid zombie processes
-		cmd.SysProcAttr = &unix.SysProcAttr{Setpgid: true}
-	}
+	SetProcessAttributes(cmd)
+	logger.Debug.Println(cmd)
 
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
 	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
@@ -60,7 +53,7 @@ func ShutdownDevice(device *models.Record) error {
 		select {
 		case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
 			if time.Since(start) >= 2*time.Minute {
-				if err := killProcess(cmd.Process); err != nil {
+				if err := KillProcess(cmd.Process); err != nil {
 					logger.Error.Println(err)
 				}
 				cancel()
@@ -68,7 +61,7 @@ func ShutdownDevice(device *models.Record) error {
 			}
 			isOnline := PingDevice(device)
 			if !isOnline {
-				if err := killProcess(cmd.Process); err != nil {
+				if err := KillProcess(cmd.Process); err != nil {
 					logger.Error.Println(err)
 				}
 				cancel()
@@ -76,7 +69,7 @@ func ShutdownDevice(device *models.Record) error {
 			}
 		case err := <-done:
 			if err != nil {
-				if err := killProcess(cmd.Process); err != nil {
+				if err := KillProcess(cmd.Process); err != nil {
 					logger.Error.Println(err)
 				}
 				cancel()
@@ -85,20 +78,3 @@ func ShutdownDevice(device *models.Record) error {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-// Kills child processes on Linux. Windows doesn't provide a direct way to kill child processes, so we kill just the main process.
-func killProcess(process *os.Process) error {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
-		pgid, err := unix.Getpgid(process.Pid)
-		logger.Debug.Println(pgid)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		return unix.Kill(-pgid, unix.SIGKILL)
-	} else {
-		if err := process.Kill(); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-}
diff --git a/backend/networking/shutdown_linux.go b/backend/networking/shutdown_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5487483f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/networking/shutdown_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package networking
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+
+	"github.com/seriousm4x/upsnap/logger"
+)
+
+// Set platform specifiy custom process attributes
+func SetProcessAttributes(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = &unix.SysProcAttr{Setpgid: true}
+}
+
+// Kills child processes on Linux. Windows doesn't provide a direct way to kill child processes, so we kill just the main process.
+func KillProcess(process *os.Process) error {
+	pgid, err := unix.Getpgid(process.Pid)
+	logger.Debug.Println(pgid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return unix.Kill(-pgid, unix.SIGKILL)
+}
diff --git a/backend/networking/shutdown_other.go b/backend/networking/shutdown_other.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99cb7d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/networking/shutdown_other.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//go:build !linux
+
+package networking
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+// Set platform specifiy custom process attributes
+func SetProcessAttributes(cmd *exec.Cmd) {}
+
+// Kills child processes on Linux. Windows doesn't provide a direct way to kill child processes, so we kill just the main process.
+func KillProcess(process *os.Process) error {
+	if err := process.Kill(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}