diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 33a243e8..8756b7ac 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ COPY --from=build /usr/src/app/node_modules node_modules
 COPY --from=build /usr/src/app/dist dist
 COPY package.json ./
 ENV PG_META_PORT=8080
-CMD ["npm", "run", "start"]
+# `npm run start` does not forward signals to child process
+CMD ["node", "dist/server/server.js"]
 EXPOSE 8080
 # --start-period defaults to 0s, but can't be set to 0s (to be explicit) by now
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=5s --timeout=5s --retries=3 CMD node -e "fetch('http://localhost:8080/health').then((r) => {if (r.status !== 200) throw new Error(r.status)})"
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3474fd7b..fec64565 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         "@fastify/swagger": "^8.2.1",
         "@fastify/type-provider-typebox": "^3.5.0",
         "@sinclair/typebox": "^0.31.25",
+        "close-with-grace": "^1.3.0",
         "crypto-js": "^4.0.0",
         "fastify": "^4.24.3",
         "fastify-metrics": "^10.0.0",
@@ -1587,6 +1588,11 @@
         "node": ">=6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/close-with-grace": {
+      "version": "1.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/close-with-grace/-/close-with-grace-1.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-lvm0rmLIR5bNz4CRKW6YvCfn9Wg5Wb9A8PJ3Bb+hjyikgC1RO1W3J4z9rBXQYw97mAte7dNSQI8BmUsxdlXQyw=="
+    },
     "node_modules/color-convert": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-convert/-/color-convert-2.0.1.tgz",
@@ -6926,6 +6932,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/clean-stack/-/clean-stack-2.2.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-4diC9HaTE+KRAMWhDhrGOECgWZxoevMc5TlkObMqNSsVU62PYzXZ/SMTjzyGAFF1YusgxGcSWTEXBhp0CPwQ1A=="
     },
+    "close-with-grace": {
+      "version": "1.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/close-with-grace/-/close-with-grace-1.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-lvm0rmLIR5bNz4CRKW6YvCfn9Wg5Wb9A8PJ3Bb+hjyikgC1RO1W3J4z9rBXQYw97mAte7dNSQI8BmUsxdlXQyw=="
+    },
     "color-convert": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-convert/-/color-convert-2.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cf7af94b..bfb71eb5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "@fastify/swagger": "^8.2.1",
     "@fastify/type-provider-typebox": "^3.5.0",
     "@sinclair/typebox": "^0.31.25",
+    "close-with-grace": "^1.3.0",
     "crypto-js": "^4.0.0",
     "fastify": "^4.24.3",
     "fastify-metrics": "^10.0.0",
diff --git a/src/server/server.ts b/src/server/server.ts
index e9c6f5b6..88f2fa50 100644
--- a/src/server/server.ts
+++ b/src/server/server.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import closeWithGrace from 'close-with-grace'
 import { pino } from 'pino'
 import { PostgresMeta } from '../lib/index.js'
 import { build as buildApp } from './app.js'
@@ -125,7 +126,21 @@ if (EXPORT_DOCS) {
     })
   )
 } else {
-  app.listen({ port: PG_META_PORT, host: PG_META_HOST }, () => {
+  const closeListeners = closeWithGrace(async ({ err }) => {
+    if (err) {
+      app.log.error(err)
+    }
+    await app.close()
+  })
+  app.addHook('onClose', async () => {
+    closeListeners.uninstall()
+  })
+
+  app.listen({ port: PG_META_PORT, host: PG_META_HOST }, (err) => {
+    if (err) {
+      app.log.error(err)
+      process.exit(1)
+    }
     const adminPort = PG_META_PORT + 1
     adminApp.listen({ port: adminPort, host: PG_META_HOST })
   })