diff --git a/src/os/core/win32/os_core_win32.c b/src/os/core/win32/os_core_win32.c
index fb0c0185..47761924 100644
--- a/src/os/core/win32/os_core_win32.c
+++ b/src/os/core/win32/os_core_win32.c
@@ -1072,10 +1072,6 @@ os_process_join(OS_Handle handle, U64 endt_us, U64 *exit_code_out)
   DWORD sleep_ms = os_w32_sleep_ms_from_endt_us(endt_us);
   DWORD result = WaitForSingleObject(process, sleep_ms);
   B32 process_joined = (result == WAIT_OBJECT_0);
-  if(process_joined)
-  {
-    CloseHandle(process);
-  }
   if(process_joined && exit_code_out)
   {
     DWORD exit_code = 0;
@@ -1084,6 +1080,10 @@ os_process_join(OS_Handle handle, U64 endt_us, U64 *exit_code_out)
       *exit_code_out = exit_code;
     }
   }
+  if(process_joined)
+  {
+    CloseHandle(process);
+  }
   return process_joined;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/torture/torture.c b/src/torture/torture.c
index 6edc083a..e458edb9 100644
--- a/src/torture/torture.c
+++ b/src/torture/torture.c
@@ -209,8 +209,6 @@ t_invoke_(String8 exe_path, String8 cmdline, U64 timeout, Arena *output_arena, S
     } else {
       os_process_kill(process_handle);
     }
-
-    os_process_detach(process_handle);
   }
 
   scratch_end(scratch);