diff --git a/tendrl/gluster_integration/message/gluster_native_message_handler.py b/tendrl/gluster_integration/message/gluster_native_message_handler.py
index 4d0347b..621dc1a 100644
--- a/tendrl/gluster_integration/message/gluster_native_message_handler.py
+++ b/tendrl/gluster_integration/message/gluster_native_message_handler.py
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ def stop(self):
                 {"message": "gluster native message reciever cleanup failed"}
             )
 
+        cherrypy.engine.exit()
+    
     def run(self):
         if not self._setup_gluster_native_message_reciever():
             logger.log(