diff --git a/crates/goose/src/agents/extension_manager.rs b/crates/goose/src/agents/extension_manager.rs
index 5e35c59ac13e..e27c09dedb95 100644
--- a/crates/goose/src/agents/extension_manager.rs
+++ b/crates/goose/src/agents/extension_manager.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,42 @@ impl Default for ExtensionManager {
     }
 }
 
+async fn child_process_client(
+    mut command: Command,
+    timeout: &Option<u64>,
+) -> ExtensionResult<McpClient> {
+    command.process_group(0);
+    let (transport, mut stderr) = TokioChildProcess::builder(command)
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()?;
+    let mut stderr = stderr.take().ok_or_else(|| {
+        ExtensionError::SetupError("failed to attach child process stderr".to_owned())
+    })?;
+
+    let stderr_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let mut all_stderr = Vec::new();
+        stderr.read_to_end(&mut all_stderr).await?;
+        Ok::<String, std::io::Error>(String::from_utf8_lossy(&all_stderr).into())
+    });
+
+    let client_result = McpClient::connect(
+        transport,
+        Duration::from_secs(timeout.unwrap_or(crate::config::DEFAULT_EXTENSION_TIMEOUT)),
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    match client_result {
+        Ok(client) => Ok(client),
+        Err(error) => {
+            let error_task_out = stderr_task.await?;
+            Err::<McpClient, ExtensionError>(match error_task_out {
+                Ok(stderr_content) => ProcessExit::new(stderr_content, error).into(),
+                Err(e) => e.into(),
+            })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl ExtensionManager {
     /// Create a new ExtensionManager instance
     pub fn new() -> Self {
@@ -280,38 +316,7 @@ impl ExtensionManager {
                 let command = Command::new(cmd).configure(|command| {
                     command.args(args).envs(all_envs);
                 });
-                let (transport, mut stderr) = TokioChildProcess::builder(command)
-                    .stderr(Stdio::piped())
-                    .spawn()?;
-                let mut stderr = stderr
-                    .take()
-                    .expect("should have a stderr handle because it was requested");
-
-                let stderr_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
-                    let mut all_stderr = Vec::new();
-                    stderr.read_to_end(&mut all_stderr).await?;
-                    Ok::<String, std::io::Error>(String::from_utf8_lossy(&all_stderr).into())
-                });
-
-                let client_result = McpClient::connect(
-                    transport,
-                    Duration::from_secs(
-                        timeout.unwrap_or(crate::config::DEFAULT_EXTENSION_TIMEOUT),
-                    ),
-                )
-                .await;
-
-                let client = match client_result {
-                    Ok(client) => Ok(client),
-                    Err(error) => {
-                        let error_task_out = stderr_task.await?;
-                        Err::<McpClient, ExtensionError>(match error_task_out {
-                            Ok(stderr_content) => ProcessExit::new(stderr_content, error).into(),
-                            Err(e) => e.into(),
-                        })
-                    }
-                }?;
-
+                let client = child_process_client(command, timeout).await?;
                 Box::new(client)
             }
             ExtensionConfig::Builtin {
@@ -326,19 +331,11 @@ impl ExtensionManager {
                     .to_str()
                     .expect("should resolve executable to string path")
                     .to_string();
-
-                let transport = TokioChildProcess::new(Command::new(cmd).configure(|command| {
+                let command = Command::new(cmd).configure(|command| {
                     command.arg("mcp").arg(name);
-                }))?;
-                Box::new(
-                    McpClient::connect(
-                        transport,
-                        Duration::from_secs(
-                            timeout.unwrap_or(crate::config::DEFAULT_EXTENSION_TIMEOUT),
-                        ),
-                    )
-                    .await?,
-                )
+                });
+                let client = child_process_client(command, timeout).await?;
+                Box::new(client)
             }
             ExtensionConfig::InlinePython {
                 name,
@@ -360,21 +357,11 @@ impl ExtensionManager {
 
                     command.arg("python").arg(file_path.to_str().unwrap());
                 });
-                let transport = TokioChildProcess::new(command)?;
-
-                let client = Box::new(
-                    McpClient::connect(
-                        transport,
-                        Duration::from_secs(
-                            timeout.unwrap_or(crate::config::DEFAULT_EXTENSION_TIMEOUT),
-                        ),
-                    )
-                    .await?,
-                );
 
+                let client = child_process_client(command, timeout).await?;
                 self.temp_dirs.insert(sanitized_name.clone(), temp_dir);
 
-                client
+                Box::new(client)
             }
             _ => unreachable!(),
         };