diff --git a/unsloth/dataprep/synthetic.py b/unsloth/dataprep/synthetic.py
index 9651df23e..e70c6b50a 100644
--- a/unsloth/dataprep/synthetic.py
+++ b/unsloth/dataprep/synthetic.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
     "SyntheticDataKit",
 ]
 import subprocess
+import threading
+from collections import deque
 import time
 import os
 os.environ["HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER"] = "1"
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@
 import torch
 import gc
 import time
+import re
 from unsloth_zoo.vllm_utils import (
     load_vllm,
     patch_vllm,
@@ -35,6 +38,100 @@
     synthetic_qa_config,
 )
 
+def terminate_tree(proc: subprocess.Popen, timeout=15):
+    if proc is None or proc.poll() is not None:
+        return
+    
+    try:
+        import psutil
+        parent = psutil.Process(proc.pid)
+        for child in parent.children(recursive=True):
+            child.terminate()
+        parent.terminate()
+        parent.wait(timeout=timeout/2)
+        return
+    except:
+        pass
+    
+    if os.name == 'nt':
+        try:
+            subprocess.run(
+                ['taskkill', '/T', '/F', '/PID', str(proc.pid)],
+                capture_output=True,
+                timeout=5
+            )
+            proc.wait(timeout=1)
+            return
+        except:
+            pass
+    
+    proc.kill()
+    try:
+        proc.wait(timeout=5)
+    except:
+        pass
+
+class PipeCapture:
+    """Non blocking pipe capture"""
+    def __init__(self, pipe, keep_lines=2000, echo=False, name="", text=True, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace', ready_regex=None):
+        self.pipe = pipe
+        self.buf = deque(maxlen=keep_lines)
+        self.lock = threading.Lock()
+        self.echo = echo
+        self.name = name
+        self.text = text
+        self.encoding = encoding
+        self.errors = errors
+
+        self.ready_event = threading.Event()
+        self.closed_event = threading.Event()
+
+        self.ready_regex = None
+        if ready_regex is not None:
+            if not hasattr(ready_regex, "search"):
+                ready_regex = re.compile(ready_regex)
+            self.ready_regex = ready_regex
+
+        self.t = threading.Thread(target=self._reader, daemon=True)
+        self.t.start()
+
+    def _reader(self):
+        try:
+            sentinel = '' if self.text else b''
+            for raw_line in iter(self.pipe.readline, sentinel):
+                if not self.text:
+                    line = raw_line.decode(self.encoding, self.errors)
+                else:
+                    line = raw_line
+                line = line.rstrip('\r\n')
+                if self.echo:
+                    if "platform is" not in line:
+                        print(f"{self.name}: {line}")
+
+                with self.lock:
+                    self.buf.append(line)
+
+                if self.ready_regex is not None and self.ready_regex.search(line):
+                    self.ready_event.set()
+
+        finally:
+            try: self.pipe.close()
+            except Exception: pass
+            self.closed_event.set()
+
+    def wait_for_ready(self, timeout=None):
+        return self.ready_event.wait(timeout)
+
+    def has_closed(self):
+        return self.closed_event.is_set()
+
+    def wait_until_closed(self, timeout=None):
+        return self.closed_event.wait(timeout)
+
+    def tail(self, n=200):
+        with self.lock:
+            return '\n'.join(list(self.buf)[-n:])
+
 class SyntheticDataKit:
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -44,6 +141,7 @@ def __init__(
         float8_kv_cache = False,
         conservativeness = 1.0,
         token = None,
+        timeout = 1200,  # maybe this is not enough for large models if we need to download
         **kwargs,
     ):
         assert(type(model_name) is str)
@@ -128,30 +226,40 @@ def __init__(
             stderr = subprocess.PIPE,
             start_new_session = True,
         )
+        ready_re = re.compile(r"Starting vLLM API server(?:\s+\d+)?\s+on\b")
         self.vllm_process = vllm_process
+        self.stdout_capture = PipeCapture(vllm_process.stdout, keep_lines = 1000,
+                                          echo = True, name = "vLLM STDOUT",
+                                          ready_regex = ready_re, text = False)
+        self.stderr_capture = PipeCapture(vllm_process.stderr, keep_lines = 2000,
+                                          echo = False, name = "vLLM STDERR",
+                                          ready_regex = None, text = False)
+        # we don't print stderr to console but self.stderr_capture.tail(200) will print the last 200 lines
 
-        ready_message_part = b"Starting vLLM API server on"
-        ready = False
-        while vllm_process.poll() is None:
-            output = vllm_process.stdout.readline()
-            if not output:
+        ready = self.stdout_capture.wait_for_ready(timeout = timeout)
+        if not ready:
+            if self.stdout_capture.has_closed() or self.vllm_process.poll() is not None:
                 print("Stdout stream ended before readiness message detected.")
-                break
-            output_str = output.decode('utf-8', errors='ignore').strip()
-            if "platform is" not in output_str:
-                print(f"vLLM STDOUT: {output_str}")
-            if ready_message_part in output:
-                print(f"\n--- vLLM Server Ready (Detected: '{ready_message_part.decode()}') ---")
-                ready = True
-                break
-            pass
+                print("\n--- stdout tail ---\n", self.stdout_capture.tail(50))
+                print("\n--- stderr tail ---\n", self.stderr_capture.tail(50))
+            else:
+                print(f"Unsloth: vllm_process failed to load! (timeout={timeout})")
+                print("\n--- stdout tail ---\n", self.stdout_capture.tail(50))
+                print("\n--- stderr tail ---\n", self.stderr_capture.tail(50))
+            terminate_tree(self.vllm_process)
+            return
+        else:
+            print("vLLM Server Ready Detected")
         pass
-        if vllm_process is None:
-            raise RuntimeError("Unsloth: vllm_process failed to load!")
+
         trial = 0
         while not self.check_vllm_status():
             if trial >= 100:
-                raise RuntimeError("Unsloth: vllm_process failed to load!")
+                print("Unsloth: vllm_process failed to load!")
+                print("\n--- stdout tail ---\n", self.stdout_capture.tail(50))
+                print("\n--- stderr tail ---\n", self.stderr_capture.tail(50))
+                terminate_tree(self.vllm_process)
+                return
             trial += 1
             time.sleep(1)
         return