diff --git a/lib/forever-monitor/monitor.js b/lib/forever-monitor/monitor.js
index 02c75e6..835c1aa 100755
--- a/lib/forever-monitor/monitor.js
+++ b/lib/forever-monitor/monitor.js
@@ -184,15 +184,16 @@ Monitor.prototype.start = function (restart) {
   // Re-emit messages from the child process
   this.child.on('message', onMessage);
 
-  child.on('exit', function (code, signal) {
+  function handleExit () {
     var spinning = Date.now() - self.ctime < self.minUptime;
     child.removeListener('message', onMessage);
-    self.emit('exit:code', code, signal);
 
     function letChildDie() {
       self.running = false;
       self.forceStop = false;
-      self.emit('exit', self, spinning);
+      process.nextTick(function () {
+        self.emit('exit', self, spinning);
+      });
     }
 
     function restartChild() {
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ Monitor.prototype.start = function (restart) {
     self.times++;
 
     if (self.forceStop || (self.times >= self.max && !self.forceRestart)
-      || (spinning && typeof self.spinSleepTime !== 'number') && !self.forceRestart) {
+      || (spinning && typeof self.spinSleepTime !== 'number' && !self.forceRestart)) {
       letChildDie();
     }
     else if (spinning) {
@@ -214,6 +215,22 @@ Monitor.prototype.start = function (restart) {
     else {
       restartChild();
     }
+  }
+
+  child.on('exit', function (code, signal) {
+    process.nextTick(function() {
+      self.emit('exit:code', code, signal);
+    });
+
+    handleExit();
+  });
+
+  child.on('error', function (err) {
+    process.nextTick(function () {
+      self.emit('error', err);
+    });
+
+    handleExit();
   });
 
   return this;
@@ -339,6 +356,7 @@ Monitor.prototype.restart = function () {
 // Stops the target script associated with this instance. Prevents it from auto-respawning
 //
 Monitor.prototype.stop = function () {
+  this.forceRestart = false;
   return this.kill(true);
 };
 
diff --git a/test/monitor/simple-test.js b/test/monitor/simple-test.js
index 5c751c5..92cf9b8 100644
--- a/test/monitor/simple-test.js
+++ b/test/monitor/simple-test.js
@@ -120,5 +120,21 @@ vows.describe('forever-monitor/monitor/simple').addBatch({
         assert.equal('' + buf, 'sample-script.js');
       }
     }
+  },
+"attempting to start a command where the path and file do not exist": {
+    topic: function () {
+      var child = fmonitor.start('', {
+        max: 1,
+        silent: true,
+        sourceDir: '/blah/not/here',
+        cwd: '/blah/not/here',
+        command: 'npm start'
+      });
+      child.on('error', this.callback.bind({}, null));
+    },
+    "should throw an error about the invalid file": function (err) {
+      assert.isNotNull(err);
+      assert.isTrue(err.message.indexOf('ENOENT') !== -1);
+    }
   }
 }).export(module);