diff --git a/packages/job-components/src/operations/core/slicer-core.ts b/packages/job-components/src/operations/core/slicer-core.ts
index c667084bb67..02824a3dfe4 100644
--- a/packages/job-components/src/operations/core/slicer-core.ts
+++ b/packages/job-components/src/operations/core/slicer-core.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ export default abstract class SlicerCore<T = OpConfig>
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Used to indicate whether this slicer is restartable. Only relevant for
+     * kubernetesV2 backend
+     */
+    isRestartable(): boolean {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Used to determine the maximum number of slices queued.
      * Defaults to 10000
diff --git a/packages/teraslice/src/lib/cluster/services/cluster/backends/kubernetesV2/k8sResource.ts b/packages/teraslice/src/lib/cluster/services/cluster/backends/kubernetesV2/k8sResource.ts
index bb135e55cf2..53797d10168 100644
--- a/packages/teraslice/src/lib/cluster/services/cluster/backends/kubernetesV2/k8sResource.ts
+++ b/packages/teraslice/src/lib/cluster/services/cluster/backends/kubernetesV2/k8sResource.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ export class K8sResource {
     }
 
     _setEnvVariables() {
-        /// TODO: Use this later when we need to set env vars in workers/ex controllers
     }
 
     _mountLocalTeraslice(contextType: string): void {
@@ -292,14 +291,14 @@ export class K8sResource {
                 // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
                 this.resource.spec.template.spec.priorityClassName = this.terasliceConfig.kubernetes_priority_class_name;
                 if (this.execution.stateful) {
-                     
+
                     this.resource.spec.template.metadata.labels[`${this.jobPropertyLabelPrefix}/stateful`] = 'true';
                 }
             }
             if (this.nodeType === 'worker' && this.execution.stateful) {
                 // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
                 this.resource.spec.template.spec.priorityClassName = this.terasliceConfig.kubernetes_priority_class_name;
-                 
+
                 this.resource.spec.template.metadata.labels[`${this.jobPropertyLabelPrefix}/stateful`] = 'true';
             }
         }
diff --git a/packages/teraslice/src/lib/workers/execution-controller/index.ts b/packages/teraslice/src/lib/workers/execution-controller/index.ts
index c8dc1fe0e89..9cfc7a7a638 100644
--- a/packages/teraslice/src/lib/workers/execution-controller/index.ts
+++ b/packages/teraslice/src/lib/workers/execution-controller/index.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class ExecutionController {
     private isExecutionFinished = false;
     isExecutionDone = false;
     private workersHaveConnected = false;
-     
+
     private _handlers = new Map<string, (arg: any) => void>();
     executionAnalytics: ExecutionAnalytics;
     readonly scheduler: Scheduler;
@@ -420,6 +420,24 @@ export class ExecutionController {
                 await this.client.sendExecutionFinished(shutdownError.message);
             }
         }
+
+        /// This only applies to kubernetesV2
+        if (
+            this.context.sysconfig.teraslice.cluster_manager_type === 'kubernetesV2'
+            && eventType === 'SIGTERM'
+        ) {
+            await this.stateStorage.refresh();
+            const status = await this.executionStorage.getStatus(this.exId);
+            const runningStatuses = this.executionStorage.getRunningStatuses();
+            this.logger.debug(`Execution ${this.exId} is currently in a ${status} state`);
+            /// This is an indication that the cluster_master did not call for this
+            /// shutdown. We want to restart in this case.
+            if (status !== 'stopping' && includes(runningStatuses, status)) {
+                this.logger.info('Skipping shutdown to allow restart...');
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
         if (this.isShutdown) return;
         if (!this.isInitialized) return;
         if (this.isShuttingDown) {
@@ -921,6 +939,25 @@ export class ExecutionController {
         if (includes(terminalStatuses, status)) {
             error = new Error(invalidStateMsg('terminal'));
         } else if (includes(runningStatuses, status)) {
+            // In the case of a running status on startup we
+            // want to continue to start up. Only in V2.
+            // Right now we will depend on kubernetes `crashloopbackoff` in the case of
+            // an unexpected exit to the ex process. Ex: an OOM
+            // NOTE: If this becomes an issue we may want to add a new state. Maybe `interrupted`
+            if (this.context.sysconfig.teraslice.cluster_manager_type === 'kubernetesV2') {
+                // Check to see if `isRestartable` exists.
+                // Allows for older assets to work with k8sV2
+                if (this.executionContext.slicer().isRestartable) {
+                    this.logger.info(`Execution ${this.exId} detected to have been restarted..`);
+                    const restartable = this.executionContext.slicer().isRestartable();
+                    if (restartable) {
+                        this.logger.info(`Execution ${this.exId} is restarable and will continue reinitializing...`);
+                    } else {
+                        this.logger.error(`Execution ${this.exId} is not restarable and will shutdown...`);
+                    }
+                    return restartable;
+                }
+            }
             error = new Error(invalidStateMsg('running'));
             // If in a running status the execution process
             // crashed and k8s is trying to restart the pod,
diff --git a/packages/teraslice/src/lib/workers/helpers/worker-shutdown.ts b/packages/teraslice/src/lib/workers/helpers/worker-shutdown.ts
index 6ba60ef450a..e00cad5c7fe 100644
--- a/packages/teraslice/src/lib/workers/helpers/worker-shutdown.ts
+++ b/packages/teraslice/src/lib/workers/helpers/worker-shutdown.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ export function shutdownHandler(
     const isProcessRestart = process.env.process_restart;
     // everything but the k8s execution_controller should not be allowed be allowed to
     // set a non-zero exit code (to avoid being restarted)
-    const allowNonZeroExitCode = !(isK8s && assignment === 'execution_controller');
+    // This is overridden in V2 because it can restart
+    const allowNonZeroExitCode = !(
+        isK8s
+        && assignment === 'execution_controller'
+        && context.sysconfig.teraslice.cluster_manager_type === 'kubernetesV2'
+    );
     const api = {
         exiting: false,
         exit