diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-irc b/src/freedombone-app-irc
index e5de8b4c..40eaf692 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-irc
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-irc
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ function remove_irc {
     remove_completion_param configure_firewall_for_irc
     sed -i '/IRC /d' ${COMPLETION_FILE}
     sed -i '/znc 2> /d' /etc/crontab
+    stop_irc_bouncer
     if [ -d /home/znc ]; then
         userdel -r znc
     fi