# Fix the Fish shell 'terminated by signal SIGKILL' error

> Learn how to fix the Fish shell error terminated by signal SIGKILL Forced quit, which I hit running npx, by closing the terminal and opening a new shell.

Author: [Flavio Copes](https://flaviocopes.com/about/) | Published: 2021-08-24 | Topics: [Mac](https://flaviocopes.com/tags/mac/) | Canonical: https://flaviocopes.com/fix-fish-shell-error-terminated-bysignal-sigkill/

I was doing some work with my [Fish shell](https://flaviocopes.com/fish-shell/) when after a while I hit a problem.

I ran the command `npx prisma migrate dev` and I was met with this error:

```
fish: 'npx prisma migrate dev' terminated by signal SIGKILL (Forced quit)
```

What fixed the issue for me was simply closing the terminal and starting a new Fish shell.