diff --git a/node-launchpad/src/components/popup/manage_nodes.rs b/node-launchpad/src/components/popup/manage_nodes.rs
index 9aa7f1d73b..0b0657c834 100644
--- a/node-launchpad/src/components/popup/manage_nodes.rs
+++ b/node-launchpad/src/components/popup/manage_nodes.rs
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ impl Component for ManageNodes {
         let help = Paragraph::new(vec![
             Line::raw(format!(
                 "Note: Each node will use a small amount of CPU Memory and Network Bandwidth. \
-                 We recommend starting no more than 5 at a time (max {MAX_NODE_COUNT} nodes)."
+                 We recommend starting no more than 2 at a time (max {MAX_NODE_COUNT} nodes)."
             )),
             Line::raw(""),
             Line::raw("▲▼ to change the number of nodes to start."),
diff --git a/node-launchpad/src/node_mgmt.rs b/node-launchpad/src/node_mgmt.rs
index 9d26b25b61..2e2be18dda 100644
--- a/node-launchpad/src/node_mgmt.rs
+++ b/node-launchpad/src/node_mgmt.rs
@@ -297,6 +297,21 @@ async fn upgrade_nodes(args: UpgradeNodesArgs) {
 }
 
 async fn remove_nodes(services: Vec<String>, action_sender: UnboundedSender<Action>) {
+    // First we stop the nodes
+    if let Err(err) =
+        sn_node_manager::cmd::node::stop(None, vec![], services.clone(), VerbosityLevel::Minimal)
+            .await
+    {
+        error!("Error while stopping services {err:?}");
+        send_action(
+            action_sender.clone(),
+            Action::StatusActions(StatusActions::ErrorRemovingNodes {
+                services: services.clone(),
+                raw_error: err.to_string(),
+            }),
+        );
+    }
+
     if let Err(err) =
         sn_node_manager::cmd::node::remove(false, vec![], services.clone(), VerbosityLevel::Minimal)
             .await