diff --git a/examples/esp32c3/runner.sh b/examples/esp32c3/runner.sh
index 67d10070de7..b9c3fbb3ee7 100755
--- a/examples/esp32c3/runner.sh
+++ b/examples/esp32c3/runner.sh
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ echo q | nc -N 127.0.0.1 55555 >>"$tempdir"/$qemuoutputfile 2>&1
 
 sleep 0.1s
 # If still running, try again nicely
-pgrep -af "qemu-system.*" >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo q | nc -N 127.0.0.1 55555 >>"$tempdir"/$qemuoutputfile 2>&1
+pgrep -af "qemu-system.*esp32c3.*" >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo q | nc -N 127.0.0.1 55555 >>"$tempdir"/$qemuoutputfile 2>&1
 
 # Ask a bit more firmly with SIGTERM
-pgrep -af "qemu-system.*" >/dev/null 2>&1 && kill $qemupid >/dev/null 2>&1
+pgrep -af "qemu-system.*esp32c3.*" >/dev/null 2>&1 && kill $qemupid >/dev/null 2>&1
 
-pgrep -af "qemu-system.*" >/dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0.1s >/dev/null 2>&1
+pgrep -af "qemu-system.*esp32c3.*" >/dev/null 2>&1 && sleep 0.1s >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 # Time to die
-pgrep -af "qemu-system.*" >/dev/null 2>&1 && kill -9 $qemupid >/dev/null 2>&1
+pgrep -af "qemu-system.*esp32c3.*" >/dev/null 2>&1 && kill -9 $qemupid >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 # Make boot phase silent, for debugging change, run with e.g.  $ `env DEBUGGING=true` cargo xtask....
 if [ -n "${DEBUGGING}" ]; then