diff --git a/app/main-view-model.ts b/app/main-view-model.ts
index 3c3558d..528ed52 100644
--- a/app/main-view-model.ts
+++ b/app/main-view-model.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { TestExecutionService } from './services/test-execution-service';
 import { killProcess } from "./stop-process";
 
 declare var global: any;
+declare const __TEST_RUNNER_STAY_OPEN__: boolean;
 
 function enableSocketIoDebugging() {
     console.log('enabling socket.io debugging');
@@ -171,7 +172,9 @@ export class TestBrokerViewModel extends Observable {
             acknowledged = true;
             console.log('NSUTR: completeAck');
             this.emitToSocket('disconnect');
-            setTimeout(() => killProcess(), 500);
+            if (typeof __TEST_RUNNER_STAY_OPEN__ === 'undefined' || !__TEST_RUNNER_STAY_OPEN__) {
+                setTimeout(() => killProcess(), 500);
+            }
         };
         this.emitToSocket('complete', data || {}, ackFn);
         setTimeout(ackFn, 1000); // acknowledge is no longer sent by the karma server, so we use a timeout to ensure it runs
diff --git a/nativescript.webpack.js b/nativescript.webpack.js
index 4e910f6..dad4f8d 100644
--- a/nativescript.webpack.js
+++ b/nativescript.webpack.js
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ function setupKarmaBuild(config, env, webpack) {
     config.module.rules.delete('angular');
   }
   // config.plugins.delete('CleanWebpackPlugin')
+  config.plugin('DefinePlugin').tap((args) => {
+		args[0] = merge(args[0], {
+			__TEST_RUNNER_STAY_OPEN__: !!env.stayOpen,
+		});
+
+		return args;
+	});
+
 
 
   config.output.delete('path'); // use temp path