diff --git a/src/Common.cpp b/src/Common.cpp
index f7875c6..478cc8f 100644
--- a/src/Common.cpp
+++ b/src/Common.cpp
@@ -22,10 +22,17 @@ void Application::RegisterShutdownHandler(const TShutdownHandler& Handler) {
     }
 }
 
-static bool AlreadyShuttingDown = false;
 void Application::GracefullyShutdown() {
+    static bool AlreadyShuttingDown = false;
+    static uint8_t ShutdownAttempts = 0;
     if (AlreadyShuttingDown) {
-        info("already shutting down");
+        ++ShutdownAttempts;
+        // hard shutdown at 2 additional tries
+        if (ShutdownAttempts == 2) {
+            info("hard shutdown forced by multiple shutdown requests");
+            exit(0);
+        }
+        info("already shutting down!");
         return;
     } else {
         AlreadyShuttingDown = true;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9f5b339..01a77ae 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "Common.h"
 #include "CustomAssert.h"
 #include "Http.h"
+#include "SignalHandling.h"
 #include "TConfig.h"
 #include "THeartbeatThread.h"
 #include "TLuaEngine.h"
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "TPPSMonitor.h"
 #include "TResourceManager.h"
 #include "TServer.h"
-#include "SignalHandling.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <thread>
@@ -63,4 +63,3 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) try {
     error(e.what());
     Sentry.LogException(e, _file_basename, _line);
 }
-