diff --git a/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/io/LogWatchStreamProcessor.java b/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/io/LogWatchStreamProcessor.java
index 97491a30..c65f7b7f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/io/LogWatchStreamProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/io/LogWatchStreamProcessor.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class LogWatchStreamProcessor implements IStreamProcessor {
 	private String failureFound = null;
 
 	private final IStreamProcessor destination;
+	private volatile boolean hasResultBeenRetrieved;
 
 	public LogWatchStreamProcessor(String success, Set<String> failures, IStreamProcessor destination) {
 		this.success = success;
@@ -48,16 +49,18 @@ public LogWatchStreamProcessor(String success, Set<String> failures, IStreamProc
 	public void process(String block) {
 		destination.process(block);
 
-		CharSequence line = block;
-		output.append(line);
+		if (!hasResultBeenRetrieved) {
+			CharSequence line = block;
+			output.append(line);
 
-		if (output.indexOf(success) != -1) {
-			gotResult(true,null);
-		} else {
-			for (String failure : failures) {
-				int failureIndex = output.indexOf(failure);
-				if (failureIndex != -1) {
-					gotResult(false,output.substring(failureIndex));
+			if (output.indexOf(success) != -1) {
+				gotResult(true, null);
+			} else {
+				for (String failure : failures) {
+					int failureIndex = output.indexOf(failure);
+					if (failureIndex != -1) {
+						gotResult(false, output.substring(failureIndex));
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -94,5 +97,7 @@ public String getOutput() {
 		return output.toString();
 	}
 
-
+	public void markResultAsRetrieved() {
+		hasResultBeenRetrieved = true;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/runtime/Processes.java b/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/runtime/Processes.java
index 4b87286f..905016e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/runtime/Processes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/runtime/Processes.java
@@ -172,10 +172,14 @@ public static boolean isProcessRunning(Platform platform, long pid) {
 				// look for the PID in the output, pass it in for 'success' state
 				LogWatchStreamProcessor logWatch = new LogWatchStreamProcessor(""+pid,
 					new HashSet<String>(), StreamToLineProcessor.wrap(Processors.silent()));
-				Processors.connect(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()), logWatch);
-				logWatch.waitForResult(2000);
-				logger.trace("logWatch output: {}", logWatch.getOutput());
-				return logWatch.isInitWithSuccess();
+				try {
+					Processors.connect(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()), logWatch);
+					logWatch.waitForResult(2000);
+					logger.trace("logWatch output: {}", logWatch.getOutput());
+					return logWatch.isInitWithSuccess();
+				} finally {
+					logWatch.markResultAsRetrieved();
+				}
 			}
 
 		} catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/example/TestExampleReadMeCode.java b/src/test/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/example/TestExampleReadMeCode.java
index 7c3d77e8..517728f0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/example/TestExampleReadMeCode.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/example/TestExampleReadMeCode.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Ben McCann (benmccann@github)
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.process.distribution.ArchiveType;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.process.distribution.Distribution;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.process.distribution.GenericVersion;
+import de.flapdoodle.embed.process.distribution.Platform;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.process.distribution.IVersion;
 
 public class TestExampleReadMeCode {
@@ -47,14 +48,49 @@ public void genericProcessStarter() throws IOException {
 
 		IVersion version=new GenericVersion("2.1.1");
 
+		String phantomjsOsIdentifier;
+		ArchiveType phantomjsArchiveType;
+		String phantomjsArchiveTypeExtension;
+		String phantomjsExecutableName;
+
+		Platform platform = Platform.detect();
+		switch (platform) {
+			case Linux:
+				String osArchitecture = System.getProperty("os.arch");
+				if ("x86_64".equals(osArchitecture) || "amd64".equals(osArchitecture)) {
+					phantomjsOsIdentifier = "linux-x86_64";
+				} else {
+					phantomjsOsIdentifier = "linux-i686";
+				}
+				phantomjsArchiveType = ArchiveType.TBZ2;
+				phantomjsArchiveTypeExtension = "tar.bz2";
+				phantomjsExecutableName = "phantomjs";
+				break;
+			case OS_X:
+				phantomjsOsIdentifier = "macosx";
+				phantomjsArchiveType = ArchiveType.ZIP;
+				phantomjsArchiveTypeExtension = "zip";
+				phantomjsExecutableName = "phantomjs";
+				break;
+			case Windows:
+				phantomjsOsIdentifier = "windows";
+				phantomjsArchiveType = ArchiveType.ZIP;
+				phantomjsArchiveTypeExtension = "zip";
+				phantomjsExecutableName = "phantomjs.exe";
+				break;
+			default:
+				throw new IllegalStateException("Unsupported operating system: " + platform);
+		}
+
+
 		IRuntimeConfig config = new GenericRuntimeConfigBuilder()
 			.name("phantomjs")
-			//https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
+			//https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/phantomjs-2.1.1-<OS identifier>.<archive extension>
 			.downloadPath("https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/")
 			.packageResolver()
-				.files(Distribution.detectFor(version), FileSet.builder().addEntry(FileType.Executable, "phantomjs").build())
-				.archivePath(Distribution.detectFor(version), "phantomjs-"+version.asInDownloadPath()+"-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2")
-				.archiveType(Distribution.detectFor(version), ArchiveType.TBZ2)
+				.files(Distribution.detectFor(version), FileSet.builder().addEntry(FileType.Executable, phantomjsExecutableName).build())
+				.archivePath(Distribution.detectFor(version), "phantomjs-"+version.asInDownloadPath()+ "-"+phantomjsOsIdentifier+"."+phantomjsArchiveTypeExtension)
+				.archiveType(Distribution.detectFor(version), phantomjsArchiveType)
 				.build()
 			.build();
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/io/file/TestFileCleaner.java b/src/test/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/io/file/TestFileCleaner.java
index 38fde244..887ccdbc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/io/file/TestFileCleaner.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/process/io/file/TestFileCleaner.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public void testCleanup() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
 
 		logger.info("after release lock (wait a little)");
 
-		Thread.sleep(1000);
+		Thread.sleep(2000);
 
 		logger.info("check if temp files there (should NOT be)");