diff --git a/lib/forever.js b/lib/forever.js
index a44aa03b..cdbd4750 100755
--- a/lib/forever.js
+++ b/lib/forever.js
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ function stopOrRestart(action, event, format, target) {
 
   getAllProcesses(function (err, processes) {
     if (err) {
-      return process.nextTick(function () {
+      return setImmediate(function () {
         emitter.emit('error', err);
       });
     }
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ function stopOrRestart(action, event, format, target) {
       });
     }
     else {
-      process.nextTick(function () {
+      setImmediate(function () {
         emitter.emit('error', new Error('Cannot find forever process: ' + target));
       });
     }
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ forever.cleanUp = function (cleanLogs, allowManager) {
 
   getAllProcesses(function (err, processes) {
     if (err) {
-      return process.nextTick(function () {
+      return setImmediate(function () {
         emitter.emit('error', err);
       });
     }
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ forever.cleanUp = function (cleanLogs, allowManager) {
       })(processes.splice(0, 10));
     }
     else {
-      process.nextTick(function () {
+      setImmediate(function () {
         emitter.emit('cleanUp');
       });
     }