diff --git a/src/connector/jdbc/src/main/java/com/taosdata/jdbc/utils/TDNode.java b/src/connector/jdbc/src/main/java/com/taosdata/jdbc/utils/TDNode.java
index df25076a95..800265868d 100644
--- a/src/connector/jdbc/src/main/java/com/taosdata/jdbc/utils/TDNode.java
+++ b/src/connector/jdbc/src/main/java/com/taosdata/jdbc/utils/TDNode.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.taosdata.jdbc.utils;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
@@ -31,6 +33,10 @@ public class TDNode {
         this.testCluster = testCluster;
     }
 
+    public void setRunning(int running) {
+        this.running = running;
+    }
+
     public void searchTaosd(File dir, ArrayList<String> taosdPath) {        
         File[] fileList = dir.listFiles();
         
@@ -102,15 +108,46 @@ public class TDNode {
         this.running = 1;        
     }
 
-    public void stop() {
-        String toBeKilled = "taosd";
+    public Integer getTaosdPid() {
+        String cmd = "ps -ef|grep -w taosd| grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'"; 
+        String[] cmds = {"sh", "-c", cmd};
+        try {
+            Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmds);
+            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
+            String line = null;
+            Integer res = null;
+            while((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                if(!line.isEmpty()) {
+                    res = Integer.valueOf(line);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            
+            return res;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } 
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public void stop() {        
 
         if (this.running != 0) {
-            String killCmd = "pkill -kill -x " + toBeKilled;
-            String[] killCmds = {"sh", "-c", killCmd};
-            try {                                
-                Runtime.getRuntime().exec(killCmds).waitFor();
+            Integer pid = null;                        
+            while((pid = getTaosdPid()) != null) {
+                
+                String killCmd = "kill -term " + pid;                                      
+                String[] killCmds = {"sh", "-c", killCmd};
+                try {                                
+                    Runtime.getRuntime().exec(killCmds).waitFor();                    
 
+                    TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(2);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }                
+            }
+
+            try {
                 for(int port = 6030; port < 6041; port ++) {
                     String fuserCmd = "fuser -k -n tcp " + port;
                     Runtime.getRuntime().exec(fuserCmd).waitFor();
@@ -120,7 +157,7 @@ public class TDNode {
             }
 
             this.running = 0;
-            System.out.println("dnode:" + this.index + " is stopped by pkill");
+            System.out.println("dnode:" + this.index + " is stopped by kill -term");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/connector/jdbc/src/main/java/com/taosdata/jdbc/utils/TDNodes.java b/src/connector/jdbc/src/main/java/com/taosdata/jdbc/utils/TDNodes.java
index ea15ae9863..efc4c53e28 100644
--- a/src/connector/jdbc/src/main/java/com/taosdata/jdbc/utils/TDNodes.java
+++ b/src/connector/jdbc/src/main/java/com/taosdata/jdbc/utils/TDNodes.java
@@ -14,33 +14,6 @@ public class TDNodes {
         }               
     }
 
-    public void setPath(String path) {
-        try {
-            String killCmd = "pkill -kill -x taosd";
-            String[] killCmds = {"sh", "-c", killCmd};
-            Runtime.getRuntime().exec(killCmds).waitFor();        
-
-            String binPath = System.getProperty("user.dir");
-            binPath += "/../../../debug";
-            System.out.println("binPath: " + binPath);
-        
-            File file = new File(path);
-            binPath = file.getCanonicalPath();
-            System.out.println("binPath real path: " + binPath);
-                
-            if(path.isEmpty()){
-                file = new File(path + "/../../");                
-                path = file.getCanonicalPath();
-            }            
-
-            for(int i = 0; i < tdNodes.size(); i++) {
-                tdNodes.get(i).setPath(path);
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-    }
-    
     public void setTestCluster(boolean testCluster) {
         this.testCluster = testCluster;
     }
@@ -70,6 +43,11 @@ public class TDNodes {
         check(index);
         tdNodes.get(index - 1).setCfgConfig(option, value);
     }
+
+    public TDNode getTDNode(int index) {
+        check(index);
+        return tdNodes.get(index - 1);
+    }
     
     public void start(int index) {
         check(index);
diff --git a/src/connector/jdbc/src/test/java/com/taosdata/jdbc/BaseTest.java b/src/connector/jdbc/src/test/java/com/taosdata/jdbc/BaseTest.java
index 5f105fb782..6c3437186f 100644
--- a/src/connector/jdbc/src/test/java/com/taosdata/jdbc/BaseTest.java
+++ b/src/connector/jdbc/src/test/java/com/taosdata/jdbc/BaseTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.taosdata.jdbc;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import com.taosdata.jdbc.utils.TDNodes;
 
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
@@ -8,31 +7,30 @@ import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 
 public class BaseTest {
 
-    private static boolean testCluster = false;
-    private static String deployPath = System.getProperty("user.dir");         
-    private static TDNodes tdNodes = new TDNodes();    
+    private static boolean testCluster = false;           
+    private static TDNodes nodes = new TDNodes();    
     
     
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setupEnv() {
-        try{
-            File file = new File(deployPath + "/../../../");
-            String rootPath = file.getCanonicalPath();
-                       
-            tdNodes.setPath(rootPath);
-            tdNodes.setTestCluster(testCluster);            
+        try{                         
+            if (nodes.getTDNode(1).getTaosdPid() != null) {
+                System.out.println("Kill taosd before running JDBC test");
+                nodes.getTDNode(1).setRunning(1);
+                nodes.stop(1);
+            }
 
-            tdNodes.deploy(1);
-            tdNodes.start(1);  
+            nodes.setTestCluster(testCluster);  
+            nodes.deploy(1);
+            nodes.start(1);  
 
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            System.out.println("Base Test Exception");
+            e.printStackTrace();            
         }
     }
 
     @AfterClass
     public static void cleanUpEnv() {
-        tdNodes.stop(1);
+        nodes.stop(1);
     }
 }
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