diff --git a/client/system/process.go b/client/system/process.go
index 2e43fcfe0..87e21eb9d 100644
--- a/client/system/process.go
+++ b/client/system/process.go
@@ -11,16 +11,18 @@ import (
 
 // getRunningProcesses returns a list of running process paths.
 func getRunningProcesses() ([]string, error) {
-	processes, err := process.Processes()
+	processIDs, err := process.Pids()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	processMap := make(map[string]bool)
-	for _, p := range processes {
+	for _, pID := range processIDs {
+		p := &process.Process{Pid: pID}
+
 		path, _ := p.Exe()
 		if path != "" {
-			processMap[path] = true
+			processMap[path] = false
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/client/system/process_test.go b/client/system/process_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..505808a9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/system/process_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package system
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/process"
+)
+
+func Benchmark_getRunningProcesses(b *testing.B) {
+	b.Run("getRunningProcesses new", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			ps, err := getRunningProcesses()
+			if err != nil {
+				b.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+			if len(ps) == 0 {
+				b.Fatalf("expected non-empty process list, got empty")
+			}
+		}
+	})
+	b.Run("getRunningProcesses old", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			ps, err := getRunningProcessesOld()
+			if err != nil {
+				b.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+			if len(ps) == 0 {
+				b.Fatalf("expected non-empty process list, got empty")
+			}
+		}
+	})
+	s, _ := getRunningProcesses()
+	b.Logf("getRunningProcesses returned %d processes", len(s))
+	s, _ = getRunningProcessesOld()
+	b.Logf("getRunningProcessesOld returned %d processes", len(s))
+}
+
+func getRunningProcessesOld() ([]string, error) {
+	processes, err := process.Processes()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	processMap := make(map[string]bool)
+	for _, p := range processes {
+		path, _ := p.Exe()
+		if path != "" {
+			processMap[path] = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	uniqueProcesses := make([]string, 0, len(processMap))
+	for p := range processMap {
+		uniqueProcesses = append(uniqueProcesses, p)
+	}
+
+	return uniqueProcesses, nil
+}