diff --git a/WandEnhancer/Utils/Common.cs b/WandEnhancer/Utils/Common.cs
index 4f950ac..ca9e49e 100644
--- a/WandEnhancer/Utils/Common.cs
+++ b/WandEnhancer/Utils/Common.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ namespace WandEnhancer.Utils
         public static void TryKillProcess(string processName)
         {
             Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName(processName);
-            for (int i = 0; processes.Length > i || i < 5; i++)
+            // Retry while any target process is still alive, capped at 5 attempts.
+            // The previous condition (processes.Length > i || i < 5) compared the
+            // process count to the loop index and, because of the "|| i < 5", always
+            // ran at least 5 iterations — sleeping ~1.25s even when the process was
+            // never running.
+            for (int i = 0; processes.Length > 0 && i < 5; i++)
             {
                 foreach (var process in processes)
                 {