diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 530f4941bd..1deb45cf90 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv, QElapsedTimer &startup_time) :
     _overlays.init(); // do this before scripts load
 
     _runningScriptsWidget->setRunningScripts(getRunningScripts());
-    connect(_runningScriptsWidget, &RunningScriptsWidget::stopScriptName, this, &Application::stopScript);
 
     connect(this, SIGNAL(aboutToQuit()), this, SLOT(saveScripts()));
     connect(this, SIGNAL(aboutToQuit()), this, SLOT(aboutToQuit()));
@@ -4332,17 +4331,18 @@ void Application::stopAllScripts(bool restart) {
     _myAvatar->clearScriptableSettings();
 }
 
-void Application::stopScript(const QString &scriptName, bool restart) {
-    const QString& scriptURLString = QUrl(scriptName).toString();
-    if (_scriptEnginesHash.contains(scriptURLString)) {
-        ScriptEngine* scriptEngine = _scriptEnginesHash[scriptURLString];
+bool Application::stopScript(const QString& scriptHash, bool restart) {
+    bool stoppedScript = false;
+    if (_scriptEnginesHash.contains(scriptHash)) {
+        ScriptEngine* scriptEngine = _scriptEnginesHash[scriptHash];
         if (restart) {
             auto scriptCache = DependencyManager::get<ScriptCache>();
-            scriptCache->deleteScript(scriptName);
+            scriptCache->deleteScript(QUrl(scriptHash));
             connect(scriptEngine, SIGNAL(finished(const QString&)), SLOT(reloadScript(const QString&)));
         }
         scriptEngine->stop();
-        qCDebug(interfaceapp) << "stopping script..." << scriptName;
+        stoppedScript = true;
+        qCDebug(interfaceapp) << "stopping script..." << scriptHash;
         // HACK: ATM scripts cannot set/get their animation priorities, so we clear priorities
         // whenever a script stops in case it happened to have been setting joint rotations.
         // TODO: expose animation priorities and provide a layered animation control system.
@@ -4351,6 +4351,7 @@ void Application::stopScript(const QString &scriptName, bool restart) {
     if (_scriptEnginesHash.empty()) {
         _myAvatar->clearScriptableSettings();
     }
+    return stoppedScript;
 }
 
 void Application::reloadAllScripts() {
diff --git a/interface/src/Application.h b/interface/src/Application.h
index 0a591bf500..2a5138638e 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.h
+++ b/interface/src/Application.h
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ public:
     NodeToJurisdictionMap& getEntityServerJurisdictions() { return _entityServerJurisdictions; }
 
     QStringList getRunningScripts() { return _scriptEnginesHash.keys(); }
-    ScriptEngine* getScriptEngine(QString scriptHash) { return _scriptEnginesHash.contains(scriptHash) ? _scriptEnginesHash[scriptHash] : NULL; }
+    ScriptEngine* getScriptEngine(const QString& scriptHash) { return _scriptEnginesHash.value(scriptHash, NULL); }
     
     bool isLookingAtMyAvatar(AvatarSharedPointer avatar);
 
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ public slots:
     void reloadScript(const QString& scriptName, bool isUserLoaded = true);
     void scriptFinished(const QString& scriptName);
     void stopAllScripts(bool restart = false);
-    void stopScript(const QString& scriptName, bool restart = false);
+    bool stopScript(const QString& scriptHash, bool restart = false);
     void reloadAllScripts();
     void reloadOneScript(const QString& scriptName);
     void loadDefaultScripts();
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/RunningScriptsWidget.cpp b/interface/src/ui/RunningScriptsWidget.cpp
index 1165de7592..61b03bd610 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/RunningScriptsWidget.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/RunningScriptsWidget.cpp
@@ -57,16 +57,15 @@ RunningScriptsWidget::RunningScriptsWidget(QWidget* parent) :
     connect(ui->filterLineEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this, &RunningScriptsWidget::updateFileFilter);
     connect(ui->scriptTreeView, &QTreeView::doubleClicked, this, &RunningScriptsWidget::loadScriptFromList);
 
-    connect(ui->reloadAllButton, &QPushButton::clicked,
-            Application::getInstance(), &Application::reloadAllScripts);
-    connect(ui->stopAllButton, &QPushButton::clicked,
-            this, &RunningScriptsWidget::allScriptsStopped);
-    connect(ui->loadScriptFromDiskButton, &QPushButton::clicked,
-            Application::getInstance(), &Application::loadDialog);
-    connect(ui->loadScriptFromURLButton, &QPushButton::clicked,
-            Application::getInstance(), &Application::loadScriptURLDialog);
-    connect(&_reloadSignalMapper, SIGNAL(mapped(QString)), Application::getInstance(), SLOT(reloadOneScript(const QString&)));
-    connect(&_stopSignalMapper, SIGNAL(mapped(QString)), Application::getInstance(), SLOT(stopScript(const QString&)));
+    connect(ui->reloadAllButton, &QPushButton::clicked, Application::getInstance(), &Application::reloadAllScripts);
+    connect(ui->stopAllButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &RunningScriptsWidget::allScriptsStopped);
+    connect(ui->loadScriptFromDiskButton, &QPushButton::clicked, Application::getInstance(), &Application::loadDialog);
+    connect(ui->loadScriptFromURLButton, &QPushButton::clicked, Application::getInstance(), &Application::loadScriptURLDialog);
+    connect(&_reloadSignalMapper, static_cast<void(QSignalMapper::*)(const QString&)>(&QSignalMapper::mapped),
+            Application::getInstance(), &Application::reloadOneScript);
+
+    connect(&_stopSignalMapper, static_cast<void(QSignalMapper::*)(const QString&)>(&QSignalMapper::mapped),
+            [](const QString& script) { Application::getInstance()->stopScript(script); });
 
     UIUtil::scaleWidgetFontSizes(this);
 }
@@ -217,9 +216,6 @@ void RunningScriptsWidget::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *keyEvent) {
     }
 }
 
-void RunningScriptsWidget::scriptStopped(const QString& scriptName) {
-}
-
 void RunningScriptsWidget::allScriptsStopped() {
     Application::getInstance()->stopAllScripts();
 }
@@ -227,15 +223,16 @@ void RunningScriptsWidget::allScriptsStopped() {
 QVariantList RunningScriptsWidget::getRunning() {
     const int WINDOWS_DRIVE_LETTER_SIZE = 1;
     QVariantList result;
-    QStringList runningScripts = Application::getInstance()->getRunningScripts();
-    for (int i = 0; i < runningScripts.size(); i++) {
-        QUrl runningScriptURL = QUrl(runningScripts.at(i));
+    foreach(const QString& runningScript, Application::getInstance()->getRunningScripts()) {
+        QUrl runningScriptURL = QUrl(runningScript);
         if (runningScriptURL.scheme().size() <= WINDOWS_DRIVE_LETTER_SIZE) {
             runningScriptURL = QUrl::fromLocalFile(runningScriptURL.toDisplayString(QUrl::FormattingOptions(QUrl::FullyEncoded)));
         }
         QVariantMap resultNode;
         resultNode.insert("name", runningScriptURL.fileName());
         resultNode.insert("url", runningScriptURL.toDisplayString(QUrl::FormattingOptions(QUrl::FullyEncoded)));
+        // The path contains the exact path/URL of the script, which also is used in the stopScript function.
+        resultNode.insert("path", runningScript);
         resultNode.insert("local", runningScriptURL.isLocalFile());
         result.append(resultNode);
     }
@@ -294,3 +291,16 @@ QVariantList RunningScriptsWidget::getLocal() {
     }
     return result;
 }
+
+bool RunningScriptsWidget::stopScriptByName(const QString& name) {
+    foreach (const QString& runningScript, Application::getInstance()->getRunningScripts()) {
+        if (QUrl(runningScript).fileName().toLower() == name.trimmed().toLower()) {
+            return Application::getInstance()->stopScript(runningScript, false);
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool RunningScriptsWidget::stopScript(const QString& name, bool restart) {
+    return Application::getInstance()->stopScript(name, restart);
+}
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/RunningScriptsWidget.h b/interface/src/ui/RunningScriptsWidget.h
index c09bce5443..9029b13c56 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/RunningScriptsWidget.h
+++ b/interface/src/ui/RunningScriptsWidget.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public:
     const ScriptsModel* getScriptsModel() { return &_scriptsModel; }
 
 signals:
-    void stopScriptName(const QString& name, bool restart = false);
+    void scriptStopped(const QString& scriptName);
 
 protected:
     virtual bool eventFilter(QObject* sender, QEvent* event);
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ protected:
     virtual void showEvent(QShowEvent* event);
 
 public slots:
-    void scriptStopped(const QString& scriptName);
     QVariantList getRunning();
     QVariantList getPublic();
     QVariantList getLocal();
+    bool stopScript(const QString& name, bool restart = false);
+    bool stopScriptByName(const QString& name);
     
 private slots:
     void allScriptsStopped();
@@ -63,9 +64,6 @@ private:
     QSignalMapper _stopSignalMapper;
     ScriptsModelFilter _scriptsModelFilter;
     ScriptsModel _scriptsModel;
-    ScriptsTableWidget* _recentlyLoadedScriptsTable;
-    QStringList _recentlyLoadedScripts;
-    QString _lastStoppedScript;
 
     QVariantList getPublicChildNodes(TreeNodeFolder* parent);
 };