diff --git a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/monitor.php b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/monitor.php
index 7e591bed0..d8bfacf41 100644
--- a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/monitor.php
+++ b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/monitor.php
@@ -369,10 +369,18 @@ while ($runVar['counts']['iterations'] > 0) {
 		$tRun->runPane('notrunning', $runVar);
 	}
 
-	$runVar['counts']['iterations']++;
-	sleep(10);
+	$exit = $pdo->getSetting('tmux.run.exit');
+	if ($exit == 0) {
+		$runVar['counts']['iterations']++;
+		sleep(10);
+	} else {
+		// Set counter to less than one so the loop will exit.
+		$runVar['counts']['iterations'] = ($exit < 0) ? $exit : 0;
+	}
 }
 
+// TODO add code here to handle all panes shutting down before closing.
+
 function errorOnSQL($pdo)
 {
 	echo $pdo->log->error(PHP_EOL . "Monitor encountered severe errors retrieving process data from MySQL.  Please diagnose and try running again." . PHP_EOL);
diff --git a/newznab/build/newznab.xml b/newznab/build/newznab.xml
index d7c374a75..822db5676 100644
--- a/newznab/build/newznab.xml
+++ b/newznab/build/newznab.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 <newznab>
 	<versions>
 		<sql>
-			<db>156</db>
-			<file>156</file>
+			<db>157</db>
+			<file>157</file>
 		</sql>
 		<git>
 			<tag>0.4.1</tag>
diff --git a/resources/db/patches/0157~settings.sql b/resources/db/patches/0157~settings.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75abdd18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/db/patches/0157~settings.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+INSERT INTO settings (section, subsection, name, value, hint, setting)
+  VALUES (
+    'tmux',
+    'running',
+    'exit',
+    0,
+    'Determines if the running tmux monitor script should exit. If 0 nothing changes; if positive the script should exit gracefully (allowing all panes to finish); if negative the script should die as soon as possible.',
+    'tmux.running.exit'
+  );