diff --git a/data/pools/transactionPool.go b/data/pools/transactionPool.go
index 687a3db80c..126cc0d0c4 100644
--- a/data/pools/transactionPool.go
+++ b/data/pools/transactionPool.go
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ type TransactionPool struct {
 	// stateproofOverflowed indicates that a stateproof transaction was allowed to
 	// exceed the txPoolMaxSize. This flag is reset to false OnNewBlock
 	stateproofOverflowed bool
+
+	// shutdown is set to true when the pool is being shut down. It is checked in exported methods
+	// to prevent pool operations like remember and recomputing the block evaluator
+	// from using down stream resources like ledger that may be shutting down.
+	shutdown bool
 }
 
 // BlockEvaluator defines the block evaluator interface exposed by the ledger package.
@@ -113,6 +118,8 @@ type VotingAccountSupplier interface {
 	VotingAccountsForRound(basics.Round) []basics.Address
 }
 
+var errPoolShutdown = errors.New("transaction pool is shutting down")
+
 // MakeTransactionPool makes a transaction pool.
 func MakeTransactionPool(ledger *ledger.Ledger, cfg config.Local, log logging.Logger, vac VotingAccountSupplier) *TransactionPool {
 	if cfg.TxPoolExponentialIncreaseFactor < 1 {
@@ -430,6 +437,10 @@ func (pool *TransactionPool) ingest(txgroup []transactions.SignedTxn, params poo
 		return ErrNoPendingBlockEvaluator
 	}
 
+	if pool.shutdown {
+		return errPoolShutdown
+	}
+
 	if !params.recomputing {
 		// Make sure that the latest block has been processed by OnNewBlock().
 		// If not, we might be in a race, so wait a little bit for OnNewBlock()
@@ -529,6 +540,10 @@ func (pool *TransactionPool) OnNewBlock(block bookkeeping.Block, delta ledgercor
 
 	pool.mu.Lock()
 	defer pool.mu.Unlock()
+	if pool.shutdown {
+		return
+	}
+
 	defer pool.cond.Broadcast()
 	if pool.pendingBlockEvaluator == nil || block.Round() >= pool.pendingBlockEvaluator.Round() {
 		// Adjust the pool fee threshold.  The rules are:
@@ -1010,3 +1025,13 @@ func (pool *TransactionPool) AssembleDevModeBlock() (assembled *ledgercore.Unfin
 	assembled, err = pool.AssembleBlock(pool.pendingBlockEvaluator.Round(), time.Now().Add(pool.proposalAssemblyTime))
 	return
 }
+
+// Shutdown stops the transaction pool from accepting new transactions and blocks.
+// It takes the pool.mu lock in order to ensure there is no pending remember or block operations in flight
+// and sets the shutdown flag to true.
+func (pool *TransactionPool) Shutdown() {
+	pool.mu.Lock()
+	defer pool.mu.Unlock()
+
+	pool.shutdown = true
+}
diff --git a/ledger/notifier.go b/ledger/notifier.go
index aabf62d080..f97e1c77e6 100644
--- a/ledger/notifier.go
+++ b/ledger/notifier.go
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ func (bn *blockNotifier) worker() {
 
 func (bn *blockNotifier) close() {
 	bn.mu.Lock()
+	bn.pendingBlocks = nil
+	bn.listeners = nil
 	if bn.running {
 		bn.running = false
 		bn.cond.Broadcast()
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index d1c6cc4b82..93c2c566c7 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -441,7 +441,9 @@ func (node *AlgorandFullNode) Stop() {
 	node.lowPriorityCryptoVerificationPool.Shutdown()
 	node.cryptoPool.Shutdown()
 	node.log.Debug("crypto worker pools have stopped")
+	node.transactionPool.Shutdown()
 	node.cancelCtx()
+	node.ledger.Close()
 }
 
 // note: unlike the other two functions, this accepts a whole filename