diff --git a/geo_filter.py b/geo_filter.py
index 3ca1868..134f231 100644
--- a/geo_filter.py
+++ b/geo_filter.py
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ def process_files(path, dirs, files, geo_filtered_dict):
         os.makedirs('processed')
     except FileExistsError:
         pass
+    processes = []
     for i in range(100):
         p = multiprocessing.Process(target=worker, args=(q, geo_filtered_dict))
+        processes.append(p)
         p.start()
     os.environ['GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS'] = 'twitter-sentiment-analysis-f22ce784b0a8.json'
     try:
@@ -67,5 +69,7 @@ def process_files(path, dirs, files, geo_filtered_dict):
         with open('geo_filtered.pkl', 'wb') as f:
             pickle.dump(geo_filtered, f)
         print('done')
+        for p in processes:
+            p.kill()