diff --git a/public/electron.js b/public/electron.js
index ef6634e5c..01fe6a1e2 100644
--- a/public/electron.js
+++ b/public/electron.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ ipcMain.on('lnd-restart-process', async event => {
   lndProcess && lndProcess.kill('SIGINT');
   let restartError;
   try {
-    lndProcess = await startLndProcess({
+    lndProcess = startLndProcess({
       isDev,
       lndSettingsDir,
       lndPort: LND_PORT,
@@ -151,15 +151,15 @@ ipcMain.on('lnd-restart-process', async event => {
   event.sender.send('lnd-restart-error', { restartError });
 });
 
-const startLnd = async () => {
+const startLnd = () => {
   try {
-    btcdProcess = await startBtcdProcess({
+    btcdProcess = startBtcdProcess({
       isDev,
       logger: Logger,
       btcdSettingsDir,
       miningAddress: BTCD_MINING_ADDRESS,
     });
-    lndProcess = await startLndProcess({
+    lndProcess = startLndProcess({
       isDev,
       lndSettingsDir,
       lndPort: LND_PORT,
diff --git a/public/lnd-child-process.js b/public/lnd-child-process.js
index 43a613556..216f687d0 100644
--- a/public/lnd-child-process.js
+++ b/public/lnd-child-process.js
@@ -11,21 +11,18 @@ function getProcessName(binName) {
   return fs.existsSync(filePath) ? filePath : filename;
 }
 
-async function startChildProcess(name, args, logger) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const processName = getProcessName(name);
-    logger.info(`Using ${name} in path ${processName}`);
-    const childProcess = cp.spawn(processName, args);
-    childProcess.stdout.on('data', data => {
-      logger.info(`${name}: ${data}`);
-      resolve(childProcess);
-    });
-    childProcess.stderr.on('data', data => {
-      logger.error(`${name} Error: ${data}`);
-      reject(new Error(data));
-    });
-    childProcess.on('error', reject);
+function startChildProcess(name, args, logger) {
+  const processName = getProcessName(name);
+  logger.info(`Using ${name} in path ${processName}`);
+  const childProcess = cp.spawn(processName, args, {
+    detached: true,
+    stdio: 'ignore',
   });
+  childProcess.unref();
+  childProcess.on('error', err =>
+    logger.error(`Errored in child process: ${err}`)
+  );
+  return childProcess;
 }
 
 function startBlockingProcess(name, args, logger) {
@@ -45,7 +42,7 @@ function startBlockingProcess(name, args, logger) {
   });
 }
 
-module.exports.startLndProcess = async function({
+module.exports.startLndProcess = function({
   isDev,
   lndSettingsDir,
   lndPort,
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ module.exports.startLndProcess = async function({
   return startChildProcess(processName, args, logger);
 };
 
-module.exports.startBtcdProcess = async function({
+module.exports.startBtcdProcess = function({
   isDev,
   logger,
   btcdSettingsDir,
diff --git a/test/integration/action/action-integration.spec.js b/test/integration/action/action-integration.spec.js
index a63ff9d9d..a063fc29b 100644
--- a/test/integration/action/action-integration.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/action/action-integration.spec.js
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ describe('Action Integration Tests', function() {
   let autopilot2;
   let btcdArgs;
 
-  const startLnd = async () => {
-    const lndProcess1Promise = startLndProcess({
+  const startLnd = () => {
+    lndProcess1 = startLndProcess({
       isDev,
       lndSettingsDir: LND_SETTINGS_DIR_1,
       lndPort: LND_PORT_1,
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe('Action Integration Tests', function() {
       lndRestPort: LND_REST_PORT_1,
       logger,
     });
-    const lndProcess2Promise = startLndProcess({
+    lndProcess2 = startLndProcess({
       isDev,
       lndSettingsDir: LND_SETTINGS_DIR_2,
       lndPort: LND_PORT_2,
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@ describe('Action Integration Tests', function() {
       lndRestPort: LND_REST_PORT_2,
       logger,
     });
-
-    lndProcess1 = await lndProcess1Promise;
-    lndProcess2 = await lndProcess2Promise;
   };
 
   before(async () => {
@@ -136,12 +133,12 @@ describe('Action Integration Tests', function() {
       btcdSettingsDir: BTCD_SETTINGS_DIR,
       miningAddress: BTCD_MINING_ADDRESS,
     };
-    btcdProcess = await startBtcdProcess(btcdArgs);
+    btcdProcess = startBtcdProcess(btcdArgs);
     await nap(NAP_TIME);
     await retry(() => isPortOpen(BTCD_PORT));
     await mineBlocks({ blocks: 400, logger });
 
-    await startLnd();
+    startLnd();
 
     await grcpClient.init({
       ipcMain: ipcMainStub1,
@@ -239,7 +236,7 @@ describe('Action Integration Tests', function() {
     it('should reset password', async () => {
       lndProcess1.kill('SIGINT');
       lndProcess2.kill('SIGINT');
-      await startLnd();
+      startLnd();
       ipcMainStub1.on('lnd-restart-process', async event => {
         event.sender.send('lnd-restart-error', { restartError: undefined });
       });
@@ -263,7 +260,7 @@ describe('Action Integration Tests', function() {
     it('should unlock wallet with reset password', async () => {
       lndProcess1.kill();
       lndProcess2.kill();
-      await startLnd();
+      startLnd();
 
       store1.walletUnlocked = false;
       await grpc1.initUnlocker();
@@ -292,7 +289,7 @@ describe('Action Integration Tests', function() {
     it('should fund wallet for node1', async () => {
       await killProcess(btcdProcess.pid);
       btcdArgs.miningAddress = store1.walletAddress;
-      btcdProcess = await startBtcdProcess(btcdArgs);
+      btcdProcess = startBtcdProcess(btcdArgs);
       await nap(NAP_TIME);
       await retry(() => isPortOpen(BTCD_PORT));
       await mineAndSync({ blocks: 100 });