diff --git a/apps/pdftk/src/main.ts b/apps/pdftk/src/main.ts
index b99f3e98..214bcdac 100644
--- a/apps/pdftk/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/pdftk/src/main.ts
@@ -20,26 +20,68 @@ const PORT = process.env.PORT || '3000';
 httpServer(
   connect(
     post({ path: '/compress' }, async ({ req, res }) => {
-      await compressStream({ input: req, output: res });
+      try {
+        await compressStream({ input: req, output: res });
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (!res.headersSent) {
+          res.statusCode = 500;
+          res.end(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'pdftk failed');
+        }
+      }
     }),
     post({ path: '/uncompress' }, async ({ req, res }) => {
-      await uncompressStream({ input: req, output: res });
+      try {
+        await uncompressStream({ input: req, output: res });
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (!res.headersSent) {
+          res.statusCode = 500;
+          res.end(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'pdftk failed');
+        }
+      }
     }),
     post(
       { path: '/encrypt' },
       middlewareQuery(encryptSchema),
       async ({ req, res, query: { password, userPassword, allow } }) => {
-        await encryptStream({ input: req, output: res, password, userPassword, allow });
+        try {
+          await encryptStream({ input: req, output: res, password, userPassword, allow });
+        } catch (error) {
+          if (!res.headersSent) {
+            res.statusCode = 500;
+            res.end(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'pdftk failed');
+          }
+        }
       },
     ),
     post({ path: '/decrypt' }, middlewareQuery(decryptSchema), async ({ req, res, query: { password } }) => {
-      await decryptStream({ input: req, output: res, password });
+      try {
+        await decryptStream({ input: req, output: res, password });
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (!res.headersSent) {
+          res.statusCode = 500;
+          res.end(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'pdftk failed');
+        }
+      }
     }),
     post({ path: '/data/fields' }, async ({ req, res }) => {
-      await dataFieldsStream({ input: req, output: res });
+      try {
+        await dataFieldsStream({ input: req, output: res });
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (!res.headersSent) {
+          res.statusCode = 500;
+          res.end(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'pdftk failed');
+        }
+      }
     }),
     post({ path: '/data/dump' }, async ({ req, res }) => {
-      await dataDumpStream({ input: req, output: res });
+      try {
+        await dataDumpStream({ input: req, output: res });
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (!res.headersSent) {
+          res.statusCode = 500;
+          res.end(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'pdftk failed');
+        }
+      }
     }),
     // post({ path: '/data/annots' }, async ({ req, res }) => {
     //   const pdftkSpawn = spawn('java', ['-jar', '/pdftk/pdftk.jar', '-', 'dump_data_annots', '-']);
@@ -57,11 +99,25 @@ httpServer(
       { path: '/form/fill' },
       middlewareQuery(formFillSchema),
       async ({ req, res, query: { flag, fontName, ...data } }) => {
-        await formFillStream({ input: req, output: res, flag, fontName, data });
+        try {
+          await formFillStream({ input: req, output: res, flag, fontName, data });
+        } catch (error) {
+          if (!res.headersSent) {
+            res.statusCode = 500;
+            res.end(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'pdftk failed');
+          }
+        }
       },
     ),
     post({ path: '/data/fdf' }, async ({ req, res }) => {
-      await dataFdfStream({ input: req, output: res });
+      try {
+        await dataFdfStream({ input: req, output: res });
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (!res.headersSent) {
+          res.statusCode = 500;
+          res.end(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'pdftk failed');
+        }
+      }
     }),
     ...healthEndpoints,
   ),
diff --git a/apps/tesseract/src/main.ts b/apps/tesseract/src/main.ts
index 4e1c034d..67a84e40 100644
--- a/apps/tesseract/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/tesseract/src/main.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@ httpServer(
   connect(
     post({ path: '/image-to-text' }, async ({ req, res }) => {
       res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
-      imageToText({ input: req, output: res });
+      try {
+        await imageToText({ input: req, output: res });
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (!res.headersSent) {
+          res.statusCode = 500;
+          res.end(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'tesseract failed');
+        }
+      }
     }),
     ...healthEndpoints,
   ),
diff --git a/libs/binary/tesseract/src/lib/image-to-text.ts b/libs/binary/tesseract/src/lib/image-to-text.ts
index 93c94cd9..9ccdc984 100644
--- a/libs/binary/tesseract/src/lib/image-to-text.ts
+++ b/libs/binary/tesseract/src/lib/image-to-text.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import type { Writable } from 'node:stream';
 import { type InputType, streamChildProcess, streamChildProcessToBuffer } from '@container/stream';
 
-export function imageToText(options: { input: InputType; output: Writable }): void;
+export function imageToText(options: { input: InputType; output: Writable }): Promise<void>;
 export function imageToText(options: { input: InputType }): Promise<Buffer>;
 export function imageToText({ input, output }: { input: InputType; output?: Writable }) {
   const tesseract = spawn('tesseract', ['-', '-']);
diff --git a/libs/stream/src/lib/stream-child-process.ts b/libs/stream/src/lib/stream-child-process.ts
index 64bc691e..a08a2f8a 100644
--- a/libs/stream/src/lib/stream-child-process.ts
+++ b/libs/stream/src/lib/stream-child-process.ts
@@ -31,11 +31,31 @@ export async function streamChildProcess(
   options?: StreamChildProcessOptions,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const { end = true } = options ?? {};
+  const stderrChunks: Buffer[] = [];
+  child.stderr.on('data', (chunk) => {
+    stderrChunks.push(Buffer.from(chunk));
+  });
+
+  child.stderr.on('error', (error) => {
+    console.error(error);
+  });
+
   child.stdin.on('error', (error) => {
     console.error(error);
+    child.kill();
   });
 
-  await streamInputToWriteable(input, child.stdin, { end: true });
+  try {
+    await streamInputToWriteable(input, child.stdin, { end: true });
+  } catch (error) {
+    child.kill();
+    const stderrOutput = Buffer.concat(stderrChunks).toString('utf-8');
+    if (stderrOutput) {
+      const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+      throw new Error(`${message}: ${stderrOutput}`);
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
 
   child.stdout
     .on('error', (error) => {
@@ -43,33 +63,32 @@ export async function streamChildProcess(
     })
     .pipe(output, { end });
 
-  const stderrChunks: Buffer[] = [];
-  child.stderr.on('data', (chunk) => {
-    stderrChunks.push(Buffer.from(chunk));
-  });
-
-  child.stderr.on('error', (error) => {
-    console.error(error);
-  });
+  let stdoutFinished = false;
 
   output.on('close', () => {
-    child.kill();
+    if (!stdoutFinished) {
+      child.kill();
+    }
   });
 
   // Set up exit listener before awaiting to avoid race condition
-  const exitPromise = new Promise<number | null>((resolve) => {
-    child.on('exit', (code) => {
-      resolve(code);
+  const exitPromise = new Promise<{ code: number | null; signal: NodeJS.Signals | null }>((resolve) => {
+    child.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
+      resolve({ code, signal });
     });
   });
 
   await finished(child.stdout);
+  stdoutFinished = true;
 
   // Wait for the process to exit and check the exit code
-  const exitCode = await exitPromise;
+  const { code, signal } = await exitPromise;
 
-  if (exitCode !== 0) {
+  if (code !== 0) {
     const stderrOutput = Buffer.concat(stderrChunks).toString('utf-8');
-    throw new Error(`Child process exited with code ${exitCode}${stderrOutput ? `: ${stderrOutput}` : ''}`);
+    if (code === null && signal) {
+      throw new Error(`Child process exited with signal ${signal}${stderrOutput ? `: ${stderrOutput}` : ''}`);
+    }
+    throw new Error(`Child process exited with code ${code}${stderrOutput ? `: ${stderrOutput}` : ''}`);
   }
 }