diff --git a/internal/exec/closer.go b/internal/exec/closer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66d0e3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/exec/closer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package exec
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/pkg/core"
+)
+
+// closer support custom killsignal with custom killtimeout
+type closer struct {
+	cmd   *exec.Cmd
+	query url.Values
+}
+
+func (c *closer) Close() (err error) {
+	sig := os.Kill
+	if s := c.query.Get("killsignal"); s != "" {
+		sig = syscall.Signal(core.Atoi(s))
+	}
+
+	log.Trace().Msgf("[exec] kill with signal=%d", sig)
+	err = c.cmd.Process.Signal(sig)
+
+	if s := c.query.Get("killtimeout"); s != "" {
+		timeout := time.Duration(core.Atoi(s)) * time.Second
+		timer := time.AfterFunc(timeout, func() {
+			log.Trace().Msgf("[exec] kill after timeout=%s", s)
+			_ = c.cmd.Process.Kill()
+		})
+		defer timer.Stop() // stop timer if Wait ends before timeout
+	}
+
+	return errors.Join(err, c.cmd.Wait())
+}
diff --git a/internal/exec/exec.go b/internal/exec/exec.go
index ac1691d3..035317d9 100644
--- a/internal/exec/exec.go
+++ b/internal/exec/exec.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package exec
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"crypto/md5"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -49,8 +51,10 @@ func Init() {
 }
 
 func execHandle(rawURL string) (core.Producer, error) {
+	rawURL, rawQuery, _ := strings.Cut(rawURL, "#")
+	query := streams.ParseQuery(rawQuery)
+
 	var path string
-	var query url.Values
 
 	// RTSP flow should have `{output}` inside URL
 	// pipe flow may have `#{params}` inside URL
@@ -62,9 +66,6 @@ func execHandle(rawURL string) (core.Producer, error) {
 		sum := md5.Sum([]byte(rawURL))
 		path = "/" + hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
 		rawURL = rawURL[:i] + "rtsp://127.0.0.1:" + rtsp.Port + path + rawURL[i+8:]
-	} else if i = strings.IndexByte(rawURL, '#'); i > 0 {
-		query = streams.ParseQuery(rawURL[i+1:])
-		rawURL = rawURL[:i]
 	}
 
 	args := shell.QuoteSplit(rawURL[5:]) // remove `exec:`
@@ -74,23 +75,34 @@ func execHandle(rawURL string) (core.Producer, error) {
 		debug: log.Debug().Enabled(),
 	}
 
-	if path == "" {
-		return handlePipe(rawURL, cmd, query)
-	}
-
-	return handleRTSP(rawURL, cmd, path)
-}
-
-func handlePipe(source string, cmd *exec.Cmd, query url.Values) (core.Producer, error) {
 	if query.Get("backchannel") == "1" {
 		return stdin.NewClient(cmd)
 	}
 
-	r, err := PipeCloser(cmd, query)
+	cl := &closer{cmd: cmd, query: query}
+
+	if path == "" {
+		return handlePipe(rawURL, cmd, cl)
+	}
+
+	return handleRTSP(rawURL, cmd, cl, path)
+}
+
+func handlePipe(source string, cmd *exec.Cmd, cl io.Closer) (core.Producer, error) {
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	rc := struct {
+		io.Reader
+		io.Closer
+	}{
+		// add buffer for pipe reader to reduce syscall
+		bufio.NewReaderSize(stdout, core.BufferSize),
+		cl,
+	}
+
 	log.Debug().Strs("args", cmd.Args).Msg("[exec] run pipe")
 
 	ts := time.Now()
@@ -99,9 +111,9 @@ func handlePipe(source string, cmd *exec.Cmd, query url.Values) (core.Producer,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	prod, err := magic.Open(r)
+	prod, err := magic.Open(rc)
 	if err != nil {
-		_ = r.Close()
+		_ = rc.Close()
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("exec/pipe: %w\n%s", err, cmd.Stderr)
 	}
 
@@ -115,7 +127,7 @@ func handlePipe(source string, cmd *exec.Cmd, query url.Values) (core.Producer,
 	return prod, nil
 }
 
-func handleRTSP(source string, cmd *exec.Cmd, path string) (core.Producer, error) {
+func handleRTSP(source string, cmd *exec.Cmd, cl io.Closer, path string) (core.Producer, error) {
 	if log.Trace().Enabled() {
 		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	}
@@ -147,9 +159,9 @@ func handleRTSP(source string, cmd *exec.Cmd, path string) (core.Producer, error
 	}()
 
 	select {
-	case <-time.After(time.Second * 60):
-		_ = cmd.Process.Kill()
+	case <-time.After(time.Minute):
 		log.Error().Str("source", source).Msg("[exec] timeout")
+		_ = cl.Close()
 		return nil, errors.New("exec: timeout")
 	case <-done:
 		// limit message size
@@ -157,10 +169,7 @@ func handleRTSP(source string, cmd *exec.Cmd, path string) (core.Producer, error
 	case prod := <-waiter:
 		log.Debug().Stringer("launch", time.Since(ts)).Msg("[exec] run rtsp")
 		setRemoteInfo(prod, source, cmd.Args)
-		prod.OnClose = func() error {
-			log.Debug().Msgf("[exec] kill rtsp")
-			return errors.Join(cmd.Process.Kill(), cmd.Wait())
-		}
+		prod.OnClose = cl.Close
 		return prod, nil
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/exec/pipe.go b/internal/exec/pipe.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 12ea136b..00000000
--- a/internal/exec/pipe.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package exec
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"errors"
-	"io"
-	"net/url"
-	"os/exec"
-	"syscall"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/pkg/core"
-)
-
-// PipeCloser - return StdoutPipe that Kill cmd on Close call
-func PipeCloser(cmd *exec.Cmd, query url.Values) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// add buffer for pipe reader to reduce syscall
-	return &pipeCloser{bufio.NewReaderSize(stdout, core.BufferSize), stdout, cmd, query}, nil
-}
-
-type pipeCloser struct {
-	io.Reader
-	io.Closer
-	cmd   *exec.Cmd
-	query url.Values
-}
-
-func (p *pipeCloser) Close() error {
-	return errors.Join(p.Closer.Close(), p.Kill(), p.Wait())
-}
-
-func (p *pipeCloser) Kill() error {
-	if s := p.query.Get("killsignal"); s != "" {
-		log.Trace().Msgf("[exec] kill with custom sig=%s", s)
-		sig := syscall.Signal(core.Atoi(s))
-		return p.cmd.Process.Signal(sig)
-	}
-	return p.cmd.Process.Kill()
-}
-
-func (p *pipeCloser) Wait() error {
-	if s := p.query.Get("killtimeout"); s != "" {
-		timeout := time.Duration(core.Atoi(s)) * time.Second
-		timer := time.AfterFunc(timeout, func() {
-			log.Trace().Msgf("[exec] kill after timeout=%s", s)
-			_ = p.cmd.Process.Kill()
-		})
-		defer timer.Stop() // stop timer if Wait ends before timeout
-	}
-	return p.cmd.Wait()
-}