diff --git a/src/main/node-shell-session.ts b/src/main/node-shell-session.ts
index 99a1867967..4674307fc0 100644
--- a/src/main/node-shell-session.ts
+++ b/src/main/node-shell-session.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export class NodeShellSession extends ShellSession {
       name: "xterm-256color",
       rows: 30,
     });
+    this.running = true;
     this.pipeStdout()
     this.pipeStdin()
     this.closeWebsocketOnProcessExit()