diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cf3d0e0..82d9e04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@
             <version>4.12</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                    <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jna</artifactId>
+                    <version>4.4.0</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                    <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jna-platform</artifactId>
+                    <version>4.4.0</version>
+            </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/profesorfalken/jpowershell/PowerShell.java b/src/main/java/com/profesorfalken/jpowershell/PowerShell.java
index f3580c3..a9ef09f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/profesorfalken/jpowershell/PowerShell.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/profesorfalken/jpowershell/PowerShell.java
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
@@ -34,9 +36,14 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import com.sun.jna.Pointer;
+import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.Kernel32;
+import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.WinNT;
+
 /**
  * Allows to open a session into PowerShell console and launch different
  * commands.<br>
@@ -58,6 +65,7 @@ public class PowerShell {
     //Threaded session variables
     private boolean closed = false;
     private ExecutorService threadpool;
+    private boolean blocked = false;
 
     //Config values
     private int maxThreads = 3;
@@ -150,10 +158,14 @@ public static PowerShell openSession() throws PowerShellNotAvailableException {
      * @return PowerShellResponse the information returned by powerShell
      */
     public PowerShellResponse executeCommand(String command) {
+    	
+        Instant instant = Instant.now();
+        long timeStampMillis = instant.toEpochMilli();
+    	
         Callable<String> commandProcessor = new PowerShellCommandProcessor("standard",
-                p.getInputStream(), this.maxWait, this.waitPause, this.scriptMode);
+                p.getInputStream(), this.maxWait, this.waitPause, this.scriptMode, timeStampMillis);
         Callable<String> commandProcessorError = new PowerShellCommandProcessor("error",
-                p.getErrorStream(), this.maxWait, this.waitPause, false);
+                p.getErrorStream(), this.maxWait, this.waitPause, false, timeStampMillis);
 
         String commandOutput = "";
         boolean isError = false;
@@ -169,25 +181,47 @@ public PowerShellResponse executeCommand(String command) {
         //Launch command
         commandWriter.println(command);
 
+        long elapsedTime = 0;
+        
         try {
-            while (!result.isDone() && !resultError.isDone()) {
+        	while (!result.isDone() && !resultError.isDone() && (elapsedTime < maxWait)) {
                 Thread.sleep(this.waitPause);
+                elapsedTime = Instant.now().toEpochMilli() - timeStampMillis; 
             }
-            if (result.isDone()) {
-                if (((PowerShellCommandProcessor) commandProcessor).isTimeout()) {
-                    timeout = true;
-                } else {
-                    commandOutput = result.get();
-                }
-            } else {
+        	
+        	if (elapsedTime >= maxWait) {
+           		//Command timed out but may have some output
+                timeout = true;
+                commandOutput = result.get(waitPause, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        	}
+        	
+        	if (result.isDone()) {
+            	//Command finished successfully
+        		
+        		do {
+        			//stderr might need another wait cycle to finish, as it finishes after the stdout.
+            		//If it is ready then, we can wait for the output to be read and the future to be done.
+        			Thread.sleep(this.waitPause);
+				} while (((PowerShellCommandProcessor) commandProcessorError).isReady() && !resultError.isDone() && !timeout);
+                commandOutput = result.get();                
+        	}
+        	
+        	if (resultError.isDone() && !timeout) {
+        		//Command failed
                 isError = true;
                 commandOutput = resultError.get();
-            }
+        	}
+        	
         } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+        	isError = true;
             Logger.getLogger(PowerShell.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "Unexpected error when processing PowerShell command", ex);
         } catch (ExecutionException ex) {
+        	isError = true;
             Logger.getLogger(PowerShell.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "Unexpected error when processing PowerShell command", ex);
-        } finally {
+        } catch (TimeoutException e) {
+        	Logger.getLogger(PowerShell.class.getName()).log(Level.WARNING, "Failed to read data due to timeout, close will be forced!");
+        	this.blocked = true;
+		} finally {
             //issue #2. Close and cancel processors/threads - Thanks to r4lly for helping me here
             ((PowerShellCommandProcessor) commandProcessor).close();
             ((PowerShellCommandProcessor) commandProcessorError).close();
@@ -343,6 +377,39 @@ public PowerShellResponse executeScript(BufferedReader srcReader, String params)
      * Closes all the resources used to maintain the PowerShell context
      */
     public void close() {
+    	
+        if (blocked) {
+        	Logger.getLogger(PowerShell.class.getName()).log(Level.INFO, "Shell is blocked, closing of PowerShell will be forced!");
+        	
+        	int pid = -1;
+        	
+            Field f;
+			try {
+				f = p.getClass().getDeclaredField("handle");
+				f.setAccessible(true); 
+				long handLong = f.getLong(p);
+
+                Kernel32 kernel = Kernel32.INSTANCE;
+                WinNT.HANDLE handle = new WinNT.HANDLE();
+                handle.setPointer(Pointer.createConstant(handLong));
+                pid = kernel.GetProcessId(handle);
+                
+			} catch (Exception e1) {
+				Logger.getLogger(PowerShell.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "Unexpected error while getting process handle", e1);
+			}
+
+			Logger.getLogger(PowerShell.class.getName()).log(Level.INFO, "Killing process with PID: " + pid);
+						
+        	try {
+				Runtime.getRuntime().exec("taskkill.exe /f /PID " + pid + " /T" );
+				this.closed = true;
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				Logger.getLogger(PowerShell.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "Unexpected error while killing powershell process", e);
+			}
+        	
+        
+        }
+        
         if (!this.closed) {
             try {
                 Future<String> closeTask = threadpool.submit(new Callable<String>() {
@@ -363,6 +430,7 @@ public String call() throws Exception {
                     Logger.getLogger(PowerShell.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "Unexpected error when when closing streams", ex);
                 }
                 commandWriter.close();
+      
                 if (this.threadpool != null) {
                     try {
                         this.threadpool.shutdownNow();
@@ -379,6 +447,7 @@ public String call() throws Exception {
 
     private void waitUntilClose(Future<String> task) throws InterruptedException {
         int closingTime = 0;
+
         while (!task.isDone()) {
             if (closingTime > maxWait) {
                 Logger.getLogger(PowerShell.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "Unexpected error when closing PowerShell: TIMEOUT!");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/profesorfalken/jpowershell/PowerShellCommandProcessor.java b/src/main/java/com/profesorfalken/jpowershell/PowerShellCommandProcessor.java
index 38a24d6..1f46497 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/profesorfalken/jpowershell/PowerShellCommandProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/profesorfalken/jpowershell/PowerShellCommandProcessor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016 Javier Garcia Alonso.
+ * Copyright 2016-2017 Javier Garcia Alonso.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -45,19 +46,27 @@ class PowerShellCommandProcessor implements Callable<String> {
     private final long maxWait;
     private final int waitPause;
 
+    private long commandStart;
+    private boolean ready = false;
+
     /**
      * Constructor that takes the output and the input of the PowerShell session
      *
      * @param commandWriter the input to the PowerShell console
      * @param inputStream the stream needed to read the command output
      */
-    public PowerShellCommandProcessor(String name, InputStream inputStream, long maxWait, int waitPause, boolean scriptMode) {
+    public PowerShellCommandProcessor(String name, InputStream inputStream, long maxWait, int waitPause, boolean scriptMode, long commandStart) {
         this.reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                 inputStream));
         this.name = name;
         this.maxWait = maxWait;
         this.waitPause = waitPause;
         this.scriptMode = scriptMode;
+        this.commandStart = commandStart;
+    }
+    
+    public boolean isReady() {
+    	return this.ready;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -112,17 +121,23 @@ private void readData(StringBuilder powerShellOutput) throws IOException {
 
     //Checks when we can start reading the output. Timeout if it takes too long in order to avoid hangs
     private boolean startReading() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-        int timeWaiting = 0;
+        long commandStart = this.commandStart;
+        long elapsedTime = Instant.now().toEpochMilli() - commandStart; 
 
         while (!this.reader.ready()) {
             Thread.sleep(this.waitPause);
-            timeWaiting += this.waitPause;
-            if ((timeWaiting > this.maxWait) || this.closed) {
-                this.timeout = timeWaiting > this.maxWait;
+            elapsedTime = Instant.now().toEpochMilli() - commandStart; 
+            
+            if ((elapsedTime > maxWait)) {
+            	this.timeout = true;
+            	return false;
+            } else if (this.closed) {
                 return false;
-            }
+            } 
         }
-        return true;
+        this.ready = true;
+        return true;        
+        
     }
 
     //Checks when we the reader can continue to read.