diff --git a/daemon/core/services/nrl.py b/daemon/core/services/nrl.py
index eaaabc05..26175c5b 100644
--- a/daemon/core/services/nrl.py
+++ b/daemon/core/services/nrl.py
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ class MgenActor(NrlService):
     # list of startup commands, also may be generated during startup
     _startup = ("sh start_mgen_actor.sh", )
     # list of shutdown commands
-    _shutdown = ()
+    _shutdown = ("killall mgen")
     @classmethod
     def generateconfig(cls, node, filename, services):
         ''' Generate a startup script for MgenActor. Because mgenActor does not