diff --git a/autosubmit/platforms/platform.py b/autosubmit/platforms/platform.py
index 438078118503dd8ae8a5a1e9da93675b447b217b..4b46b9e6f25776a4184c46b2906a6cbcd3324bc7 100644
--- a/autosubmit/platforms/platform.py
+++ b/autosubmit/platforms/platform.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import copy
+import atexit
 
 import queue
-
-import time
-
+import setproctitle
 import locale
 import os
 
@@ -13,14 +11,23 @@ from typing import List, Union
 
 from autosubmit.helpers.parameters import autosubmit_parameter
 from log.log import AutosubmitCritical, AutosubmitError, Log
-from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
+from multiprocessing import Process, Queue, Event
 
+# stop the background task gracefully before exit
+def stop_background(stop_event, process):
+    # request the background thread stop
+    stop_event.set()
+    # wait for the background thread to stop
+    process.join()
 
 def processed(fn):
     def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        stop_event = Event()
+        args = (args[0], stop_event)
         process = Process(target=fn, args=args, kwargs=kwargs, name=f"{args[0].name}_platform")
         process.daemon = True  # Set the process as a daemon process
         process.start()
+        atexit.register(stop_background, stop_event, process)
         return process
 
     return wrapper
@@ -816,11 +823,12 @@ class Platform(object):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     @processed
-    def recover_job_logs(self):
+    def recover_job_logs(self, event):
+        setproctitle.setproctitle(f"autosubmit log {self.expid} recovery {self.name.lower()}")
         job_names_processed = set()
         self.connected = False
         self.restore_connection(None)
-        while True:
+        while not event.is_set():
             try:
                 job,children = self.recovery_queue.get()
                 if job.wrapper_type != "vertical":
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 3cde1afa2ddd971f075b678998eb2e3284751ef3..56b5d33ea8262dca0dc94b22c7a42a196e77e435 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ dependencies:
   - requests
   - configobj
   - psutil
+  - setproctitle
 
diff --git a/requeriments.txt b/requeriments.txt
index 55ebc8abf0738b14e9463a5dcad2e7952ec3a4e9..80e3d68caa94bb404b3f9986c6e5493d2fecee3c 100644
--- a/requeriments.txt
+++ b/requeriments.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+setproctitle
 xlib==0.21
 setuptools<=68.2.2
 bscearth.utils<=0.5.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1ff4f600682ee509db3458eba12d85b472c4df37..d4a763a162dc03f748edc3f1e18b57fb18efe243 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ setup(
         'rocrate==0.*',
         'autosubmitconfigparser==1.0.62',
         'configparser',
-        'pathlib'
+        'pathlib',
+        'setproctitle'
+
     ],
     extras_require={
         ':python_version <= "3.7"':