diff --git a/dll/crt.cpp b/dll/crt.cpp
index f713677..6191928 100644
--- a/dll/crt.cpp
+++ b/dll/crt.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "common.h"
 #include "context.h"
+#include "kernel32/internal.h"
 #include "modules.h"
 
 #include <csignal>
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ void WIN_ENTRY exit(int status) {
 			(*it)();
 		}
 	}
-	::_exit(status);
+	kernel32::exitInternal(status);
 }
 
 void WIN_ENTRY _cexit() {
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ void WIN_ENTRY _cexit() {
 void WIN_ENTRY _exit(int status) {
 	HOST_CONTEXT_GUARD();
 	DEBUG_LOG("_exit(%i)\n", status);
-	::_exit(status);
+	kernel32::exitInternal(status);
 }
 
 void WIN_ENTRY abort(void) {
diff --git a/dll/kernel32/errhandlingapi.cpp b/dll/kernel32/errhandlingapi.cpp
index d261b09..8c572aa 100644
--- a/dll/kernel32/errhandlingapi.cpp
+++ b/dll/kernel32/errhandlingapi.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "common.h"
 #include "context.h"
 #include "errors.h"
+#include "internal.h"
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ void WIN_FUNC RaiseException(DWORD dwExceptionCode, DWORD dwExceptionFlags, DWOR
 	(void)dwExceptionFlags;
 	(void)nNumberOfArguments;
 	(void)lpArguments;
-	exit(static_cast<int>(dwExceptionCode));
+	exitInternal(dwExceptionCode);
 }
 
 PVOID WIN_FUNC AddVectoredExceptionHandler(ULONG First, PVECTORED_EXCEPTION_HANDLER Handler) {
diff --git a/dll/kernel32/internal.h b/dll/kernel32/internal.h
index 87139f1..1cc4907 100644
--- a/dll/kernel32/internal.h
+++ b/dll/kernel32/internal.h
@@ -183,5 +183,6 @@ inline bool isPseudoCurrentThreadHandle(HANDLE h) {
 
 void tryMarkExecutable(void *mem);
 void setLastErrorFromErrno();
+[[noreturn]] void exitInternal(DWORD exitCode);
 
 } // namespace kernel32
diff --git a/dll/kernel32/processthreadsapi.cpp b/dll/kernel32/processthreadsapi.cpp
index 207c54f..aceced9 100644
--- a/dll/kernel32/processthreadsapi.cpp
+++ b/dll/kernel32/processthreadsapi.cpp
@@ -312,17 +312,24 @@ DWORD_PTR WIN_FUNC SetThreadAffinityMask(HANDLE hThread, DWORD_PTR dwThreadAffin
 	return processMask;
 }
 
+[[noreturn]] void exitInternal(DWORD exitCode) {
+	DEBUG_LOG("exitInternal(%u)\n", exitCode);
+	// We have some problems cleaning up when shutting down with exit;
+	// temporarily use _exit to terminate without running cleanup
+	_exit(static_cast<int>(exitCode));
+}
+
 void WIN_FUNC ExitProcess(UINT uExitCode) {
 	HOST_CONTEXT_GUARD();
 	DEBUG_LOG("ExitProcess(%u)\n", uExitCode);
-	exit(static_cast<int>(uExitCode));
+	exitInternal(uExitCode);
 }
 
 BOOL WIN_FUNC TerminateProcess(HANDLE hProcess, UINT uExitCode) {
 	HOST_CONTEXT_GUARD();
 	DEBUG_LOG("TerminateProcess(%p, %u)\n", hProcess, uExitCode);
 	if (isPseudoCurrentProcessHandle(hProcess)) {
-		exit(static_cast<int>(uExitCode));
+		exitInternal(uExitCode);
 	}
 	auto process = wibo::handles().getAs<ProcessObject>(hProcess);
 	if (!process) {
diff --git a/dll/mscoree.cpp b/dll/mscoree.cpp
index bd270a4..ffcfccf 100644
--- a/dll/mscoree.cpp
+++ b/dll/mscoree.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "common.h"
 #include "context.h"
+#include "kernel32/internal.h"
 #include "modules.h"
 
 namespace mscoree {
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ namespace mscoree {
 void WIN_FUNC CorExitProcess(int exitCode) {
 	HOST_CONTEXT_GUARD();
 	DEBUG_LOG("CorExitProcess(%i)\n", exitCode);
-	exit(exitCode);
+	kernel32::exitInternal(exitCode);
 }
 
 } // namespace mscoree
diff --git a/dll/msvcrt.cpp b/dll/msvcrt.cpp
index f464a2f..bf19eb7 100644
--- a/dll/msvcrt.cpp
+++ b/dll/msvcrt.cpp
@@ -2741,7 +2741,7 @@ namespace msvcrt {
 	void WIN_ENTRY exit(int status) {
 		HOST_CONTEXT_GUARD();
 		VERBOSE_LOG("exit(%d)\n", status);
-		_Exit(status);
+		kernel32::exitInternal(status);
 	}
 
 	int WIN_ENTRY wcsncmp(const uint16_t *string1, const uint16_t *string2, size_t count) {