diff --git a/src/bin/main.rs b/src/bin/main.rs
index c024e14..bc85f04 100644
--- a/src/bin/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/main.rs
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
     let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread().enable_all().build()?;
     rt.block_on(async move {
         let res = main_async(args).await;
-        // Start a timer to force exit after FORCE_EXIT_TIMEOUT second
-        let _h = tokio::spawn(async move {
-            log::info!("Starting {}-seconds exit timer", tun2proxy::FORCE_EXIT_TIMEOUT);
+        // Start a timer to force exit after FORCE_EXIT_TIMEOUT seconds. Use a std thread
+        // so the timer is not cancelled when the tokio runtime is being shut down.
+        let _h = std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            log::info!("Starting {:?} exit timer", tun2proxy::FORCE_EXIT_TIMEOUT);
             // Delay some seconds then try to exit current process if not exited yet, normally this case should not happen
-            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(tun2proxy::FORCE_EXIT_TIMEOUT)).await;
+            std::thread::sleep(tun2proxy::FORCE_EXIT_TIMEOUT);
             log::info!("Forcing exit now.");
             std::process::exit(-1);
         });
diff --git a/src/general_api.rs b/src/general_api.rs
index 64895b3..e5587ef 100644
--- a/src/general_api.rs
+++ b/src/general_api.rs
@@ -132,9 +132,11 @@ pub fn general_run_for_api(args: Args, tun_mtu: u16, packet_information: bool) -
     let args_clone = args.clone();
     let res = rt.block_on(async move {
         let ret = general_run_async(args_clone, tun_mtu, packet_information, shutdown_token).await;
-        let _h = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        // Spawn a std thread to force exit after timeout so it isn't cancelled
+        // when the tokio runtime is dropped.
+        let _h = std::thread::spawn(move || {
             // Delay some seconds then try to exit current process if not exited yet, normally this case should not happen
-            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(crate::FORCE_EXIT_TIMEOUT)).await;
+            std::thread::sleep(crate::FORCE_EXIT_TIMEOUT);
             log::info!("Forcing exit now.");
             std::process::exit(-1);
         });
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0c61856..dd3a1b6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static ALLOC: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
 
 pub use general_api::general_run_async;
 
-pub const FORCE_EXIT_TIMEOUT: u64 = 2; // seconds
+pub const FORCE_EXIT_TIMEOUT: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(2);
 
 mod android;
 mod args;
diff --git a/src/win_svc.rs b/src/win_svc.rs
index 48f2457..389bddf 100644
--- a/src/win_svc.rs
+++ b/src/win_svc.rs
@@ -83,9 +83,10 @@ fn run_service(_arguments: Vec<std::ffi::OsString>) -> Result<(), crate::BoxErro
                 Ok(sessions) => log::debug!("tun2proxy exited normally, current session count: {sessions}"),
                 Err(e) => log::error!("failed to run tun2proxy with error: {e:?}"),
             }
-            let _h = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            // Spawn a std thread so the timer survives runtime shutdown and reliably exits.
+            let _h = std::thread::spawn(move || {
                 // Delay some seconds then try to exit current process if not exited yet, normally this case should not happen
-                tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(crate::FORCE_EXIT_TIMEOUT)).await;
+                std::thread::sleep(crate::FORCE_EXIT_TIMEOUT);
                 log::info!("Forcing exit now.");
                 std::process::exit(-1);
             });