diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeconsole b/confluent_client/bin/nodeconsole
index 2aa02973..3768b2a4 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeconsole
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeconsole
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python2
+#!/usr/libexec/platform-python
 # vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
 
 # Copyright 2015 Lenovo
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 path = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(path, '..', 'lib', 'python'))
 if path.startswith('/opt'):
     sys.path.append(path)
+
 import confluent.client as client
 import confluent.sortutil as sortutil
 import confluent.logreader as logreader
@@ -106,12 +107,20 @@ def kill(noderange):
         nodes.append(node) 
 
     for node in nodes:
-        ps_data=subprocess.Popen(['ps', '-auxww' ], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-        wintr=ps_data.communicate()[0]
-        for line in wintr.decode('utf-8').split('\n'):
-            if confettypath in line and envstring in line and node in line:
-                pid_line = [x for x in line.split(' ') if x != '']
-                ps_data=subprocess.Popen(['kill', '-9', pid_line[1] ], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        s=socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX)
+        winid=None
+        try:
+            win=subprocess.Popen(['xwininfo', '-tree', '-root'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+            wintr=win.communicate()[0]
+            for line in wintr.decode('utf-8').split('\n'):
+                if 'console: {0}'.format(node) in line or 'confetty' in line:
+                    win_obj = [ele for ele in line.split(' ') if ele.strip()]
+                    winid = win_obj[0]
+        except:
+            print("Error: cannot retrieve window id of node {}".format(node))
+
+        if winid:
+            ps_data=subprocess.Popen(['xkill', '-id', winid ], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
 
     sys.exit(0)
 
@@ -259,7 +268,7 @@ if options.windowed:
         else:
             pass 
         with open(os.devnull, 'wb') as devnull:
-            xopen=subprocess.Popen(envlist + [confettypath, '-m', '5', 'start', '/nodes/{0}/console/session'.format(node)] , stdin=devnull)
+            xopen=subprocess.Popen(envlist + [confettypath, '-c', '/tmp/controlpath-{0}'.format(node), '-m', '5', 'start', '/nodes/{0}/console/session'.format(node)] , stdin=devnull)
     sys.exit(0)
 #end of wcons
 if options.tile: