diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6700ce5..b56c89c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -251,6 +251,16 @@ Screenshot
 
 ![btop](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24727447/135802042-afe83ad0-e044-4ba6-bd19-0a75fdeff441.png "btop w/ fterm")
 
+Custom terminals support the same methods as the default one: `open()`, `close()`, `toggle()`, `run({cmd})` and `exit()`. Use `exit()` when you want to kill the underlying process instead of just hiding the window.
+
+```lua
+-- Hides the window, the process keeps running
+btop:close()
+
+-- Kills the process and deletes the terminal buffer
+btop:exit()
+```
+
 ### 💐 Credits
 
 - [vim-floaterm](https://github.com/voldikss/vim-floaterm) for the inspiration
diff --git a/lua/FTerm/init.lua b/lua/FTerm/init.lua
index d13133a..61144ea 100644
--- a/lua/FTerm/init.lua
+++ b/lua/FTerm/init.lua
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ end
 
 ---Exits the terminal session
 function M.exit()
-    t:close(true)
+    t:exit()
 end
 
 ---Toggles the default terminal
diff --git a/lua/FTerm/terminal.lua b/lua/FTerm/terminal.lua
index c521b8b..357d009 100644
--- a/lua/FTerm/terminal.lua
+++ b/lua/FTerm/terminal.lua
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ end
 ---@return Term
 function Term:open_term()
     -- NOTE: `termopen` will fails if the current buffer is modified
-    self.terminal = fn.termopen(U.is_cmd(self.config.cmd), {
+    self.terminal = fn.jobstart(U.get_cmd(self.config.cmd), {
+        term = true,
         clear_env = self.config.clear_env,
         env = self.config.env,
         on_stdout = self.config.on_stdout,
@@ -183,31 +184,44 @@ function Term:open()
 end
 
 ---Term:close does all the magic of closing terminal and clearing the buffers/windows
----@param force? boolean If true, kill the terminal otherwise hide it
 ---@return Term
-function Term:close(force)
+function Term:close()
     if not U.is_win_valid(self.win) then
         return self
     end
 
-    A.nvim_win_close(self.win, {})
+    A.nvim_win_close(self.win, true)
 
     self.win = nil
 
-    if force then
-        if U.is_buf_valid(self.buf) then
-            A.nvim_buf_delete(self.buf, { force = true })
-        end
+    self:restore_cursor()
 
-        fn.jobstop(self.terminal)
+    return self
+end
 
-        self.buf = nil
-        self.terminal = nil
+local buffer_cleanup = function(buf)
+  -- jobstop and buf_delete can make a race condition as jobstop can already
+  -- delete the buffer
+  vim.defer_fn(function()
+    if U.is_buf_valid(buf) then
+        A.nvim_buf_delete(buf, { force = true })
     end
+  end, 5000)
+end
 
-    self:restore_cursor()
+-- Careful, jobstop (and nvim_buf_delete on a buffer with a job) have an
+-- extremely odd behaviour. If you call it at the same time as when you create a
+-- terminal they kill both the old and the new terminal (nvim has a race
+-- condition I guess).
+function Term:exit()
+  self:close()
 
-    return self
+  fn.jobstop(self.terminal)
+
+  buffer_cleanup(self.buf)
+
+  self.buf = nil
+  self.terminal = nil
 end
 
 ---Term:toggle is used to toggle the terminal window
@@ -229,7 +243,7 @@ end
 function Term:run(command)
     self:open()
 
-    local exec = U.is_cmd(command)
+    local exec = U.get_cmd(command)
 
     A.nvim_chan_send(
         self.terminal,
diff --git a/lua/FTerm/utils.lua b/lua/FTerm/utils.lua
index 08e6860..6f7aee4 100644
--- a/lua/FTerm/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/FTerm/utils.lua
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ end
 ---Creates a valid command from user's input
 ---@param cmd Command
 ---@return Command
-function U.is_cmd(cmd)
+function U.get_cmd(cmd)
     return type(cmd) == 'function' and cmd() or cmd
 end