diff --git a/src/main/cogs/owner.py b/src/main/cogs/owner.py
index a78d3fc..ac3b2c6 100644
--- a/src/main/cogs/owner.py
+++ b/src/main/cogs/owner.py
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@ class Bot:
     @checks.del_ctx()
     async def die(self, ctx):
         if isinstance(self.bot.get_channel(u.config['shutdown_channel']), d.TextChannel):
-            await self.bot.get_channel(u.config['shutdown_channel']).send('**Shutting down . . .** 🌙')
+            await self.bot.get_channel(u.config['shutdown_channel']).send('**Shutting down 🌙 . . .**')
         # loop = self.bot.loop.all_tasks()
         # for task in loop:
         #     task.cancel()
-        u.close()
         await self.bot.logout()
-        await self.bot.close()
+        u.close(self.bot.loop)
         print('\n/ / / / / / / / / / / /\nD I S C O N N E C T E D\n\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\\n')
         # u.notify('D I S C O N N E C T E D')
 
@@ -44,14 +43,13 @@ class Bot:
     async def restart(self, ctx):
         print('\n| | | | | | | | | |\nR E S T A R T I N G\n| | | | | | | | | |\n')
         if isinstance(self.bot.get_channel(u.config['shutdown_channel']), d.TextChannel):
-            await self.bot.get_channel(u.config['shutdown_channel']).send('**Restarting . . .** 💤')
+            await self.bot.get_channel(u.config['shutdown_channel']).send('**Restarting 💤 . . .**')
         # u.notify('R E S T A R T I N G')
         # loop = self.bot.loop.all_tasks()
         # for task in loop:
         #     task.cancel()
-        u.close()
         await self.bot.logout()
-        await self.bot.close()
+        u.close(self.bot.loop)
         os.execl(sys.executable, 'python3', 'run.py')
 
     # Invite bot to bot owner's server
diff --git a/src/main/run.py b/src/main/run.py
index 8ee88a8..453debe 100644
--- a/src/main/run.py
+++ b/src/main/run.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ async def on_ready():
     # bot.loop.create_task(u.clear(booru.temp_urls, 30*60))
 
     if isinstance(bot.get_channel(u.config['startup_channel']), d.TextChannel):
-        await bot.get_channel(u.config['startup_channel']).send('**Started.** ☀️')
+        await bot.get_channel(u.config['startup_channel']).send('**Started ☀️ .**')
     print('\n\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\\nC O N N E C T E D : {}\n/ / / / / / / / /\n'.format(bot.user.name))
     # u.notify('C O N N E C T E D')
 
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ async def on_ready():
 async def on_error(error, *args, **kwargs):
     if isinstance(bot.get_channel(u.config['shutdown_channel']), d.TextChannel):
         await bot.get_channel(u.config['shutdown_channel']).send('**ERROR** ⚠️ {}'.format(error))
-    u.close()
     await bot.logout()
-    await bot.close()
+    u.close(bot.loop)
     print('\n! ! ! ! !\nE R R O R : {}\n! ! ! ! !\n'.format(error), file=sys.stderr)
     tb.print_exc()
     # u.notify('E R R O R')
diff --git a/src/main/utils/utils.py b/src/main/utils/utils.py
index 2bd4d6b..bf1d834 100644
--- a/src/main/utils/utils.py
+++ b/src/main/utils/utils.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import pickle as pkl
 import subprocess
+from contextlib import suppress
 
 import aiohttp
 from pync import Notifier
@@ -72,12 +73,22 @@ async def clear(obj, interval=10 * 60, replace=None):
 session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
 
 
-def close():
+def close(loop):
     global session
 
     if session:
         session.close()
 
+    loop.stop()
+    pending = asyncio.Task.all_tasks()
+    for task in pending:
+        task.cancel()
+        # with suppress(asyncio.CancelledError):
+        #     loop.run_until_complete(task)
+    # loop.close()
+
+    print('Finished cancelling tasks.')
+
 
 async def fetch(url, *, params={}, json=False):
     global session