diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentProcessor.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentProcessor.cs
index 590c099..18ee9dd 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentProcessor.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentProcessor.cs
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ namespace FFMpegCore;
 public class FFMpegArgumentProcessor
 {
     private static readonly Regex ProgressRegex = new(@"time=(\d\d:\d\d:\d\d.\d\d?)", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+    private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cancellationTokenSource = new();
     private readonly List<Action<FFOptions>> _configurations;
     private readonly FFMpegArguments _ffMpegArguments;
+    private CancellationTokenRegistration? _cancellationTokenRegistration;
+    private bool _cancelled;
     private FFMpegLogLevel? _logLevel;
     private Action<string>? _onError;
     private Action<string>? _onOutput;
@@ -29,6 +32,12 @@ public class FFMpegArgumentProcessor
 
     private event EventHandler<int> CancelEvent = null!;
 
+    ~FFMpegArgumentProcessor()
+    {
+        _cancellationTokenSource.Dispose();
+        _cancellationTokenRegistration?.Dispose();
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     Register action that will be invoked during the ffmpeg processing, when a progress time is output and parsed and progress percentage is
     ///     calculated.
@@ -71,13 +80,21 @@ public class FFMpegArgumentProcessor
 
     public FFMpegArgumentProcessor CancellableThrough(out Action cancel, int timeout = 0)
     {
-        cancel = () => CancelEvent?.Invoke(this, timeout);
+        cancel = () =>
+        {
+            _cancelled = true;
+            CancelEvent?.Invoke(this, timeout);
+        };
         return this;
     }
 
     public FFMpegArgumentProcessor CancellableThrough(CancellationToken token, int timeout = 0)
     {
-        token.Register(() => CancelEvent?.Invoke(this, timeout));
+        _cancellationTokenRegistration = token.Register(() =>
+        {
+            _cancelled = true;
+            CancelEvent?.Invoke(this, timeout);
+        });
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -101,12 +118,12 @@ public class FFMpegArgumentProcessor
     public bool ProcessSynchronously(bool throwOnError = true, FFOptions? ffMpegOptions = null)
     {
         var options = GetConfiguredOptions(ffMpegOptions);
-        var processArguments = PrepareProcessArguments(options, out var cancellationTokenSource);
+        var processArguments = PrepareProcessArguments(options);
 
         IProcessResult? processResult = null;
         try
         {
-            processResult = Process(processArguments, cancellationTokenSource).ConfigureAwait(false).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            processResult = Process(processArguments).ConfigureAwait(false).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
         }
         catch (OperationCanceledException)
         {
@@ -122,12 +139,12 @@ public class FFMpegArgumentProcessor
     public async Task<bool> ProcessAsynchronously(bool throwOnError = true, FFOptions? ffMpegOptions = null)
     {
         var options = GetConfiguredOptions(ffMpegOptions);
-        var processArguments = PrepareProcessArguments(options, out var cancellationTokenSource);
+        var processArguments = PrepareProcessArguments(options);
 
         IProcessResult? processResult = null;
         try
         {
-            processResult = await Process(processArguments, cancellationTokenSource).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            processResult = await Process(processArguments).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
         catch (OperationCanceledException)
         {
@@ -140,23 +157,25 @@ public class FFMpegArgumentProcessor
         return HandleCompletion(throwOnError, processResult?.ExitCode ?? -1, processResult?.ErrorData ?? Array.Empty<string>());
     }
 
-    private async Task<IProcessResult> Process(ProcessArguments processArguments, CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource)
+    private async Task<IProcessResult> Process(ProcessArguments processArguments)
     {
         IProcessResult processResult = null!;
+        if (_cancelled)
+        {
+            throw new OperationCanceledException("cancelled before starting processing");
+        }
 
         _ffMpegArguments.Pre();
 
         using var instance = processArguments.Start();
-        var cancelled = false;
 
         void OnCancelEvent(object sender, int timeout)
         {
-            cancelled = true;
             instance.SendInput("q");
 
-            if (!cancellationTokenSource.Token.WaitHandle.WaitOne(timeout, true))
+            if (!_cancellationTokenSource.Token.WaitHandle.WaitOne(timeout, true))
             {
-                cancellationTokenSource.Cancel();
+                _cancellationTokenSource.Cancel();
                 instance.Kill();
             }
         }
@@ -168,11 +187,11 @@ public class FFMpegArgumentProcessor
             await Task.WhenAll(instance.WaitForExitAsync().ContinueWith(t =>
             {
                 processResult = t.Result;
-                cancellationTokenSource.Cancel();
+                _cancellationTokenSource.Cancel();
                 _ffMpegArguments.Post();
-            }), _ffMpegArguments.During(cancellationTokenSource.Token)).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }), _ffMpegArguments.During(_cancellationTokenSource.Token)).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            if (cancelled)
+            if (_cancelled)
             {
                 throw new OperationCanceledException("ffmpeg processing was cancelled");
             }
@@ -214,8 +233,7 @@ public class FFMpegArgumentProcessor
         return options;
     }
 
-    private ProcessArguments PrepareProcessArguments(FFOptions ffOptions,
-        out CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource)
+    private ProcessArguments PrepareProcessArguments(FFOptions ffOptions)
     {
         FFMpegHelper.RootExceptionCheck();
         FFMpegHelper.VerifyFFMpegExists(ffOptions);
@@ -245,7 +263,6 @@ public class FFMpegArgumentProcessor
             WorkingDirectory = ffOptions.WorkingDirectory
         };
         var processArguments = new ProcessArguments(startInfo);
-        cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
 
         if (_onOutput != null)
         {