diff --git a/src/app/project_runner.go b/src/app/project_runner.go
index b0dc9b5..56eb7c9 100644
--- a/src/app/project_runner.go
+++ b/src/app/project_runner.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
 	"runtime"
+	"slices"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -322,25 +323,87 @@ func (p *ProjectRunner) GetProcessPorts(name string) (*types.ProcessPorts, error
 	return ports, nil
 }
 
+func (p *ProjectRunner) runningProcessesReverseDependencies() (map[string]map[string]struct{}, error) {
+    reverseDependencies := make(map[string]map[string]struct{})
+
+    for _, process := range p.runningProcesses {
+
+        for k := range process.procConf.DependsOn {
+            if runningProc, ok := p.runningProcesses[k]; ok {
+                if _, ok := reverseDependencies[runningProc.getName()]; !ok {
+                    dep := map[string]struct{}{}
+                    dep[process.getName()] = struct{}{}
+                    reverseDependencies[runningProc.getName()] = dep
+                }
+            } else {
+                log.Error().Msgf("Error: process %s depends on %s, but it isn't running", process.getName(), k)
+                return nil, fmt.Errorf("process %s depends on %s, but it isn't running", process.getName(), k)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+	return reverseDependencies, nil
+}
+
 func (p *ProjectRunner) ShutDownProject() error {
 	p.runProcMutex.Lock()
 	defer p.runProcMutex.Unlock()
-	runProc := p.runningProcesses
-	for _, proc := range runProc {
+	shutdownOrder := []*Process{}
+	err := p.project.WithProcesses([]string{}, func(process types.ProcessConfig) error {
+        if runningProc, ok := p.runningProcesses[process.ReplicaName]; ok {
+            shutdownOrder = append(shutdownOrder, runningProc)
+        }
+		return nil
+	})
+    slices.Reverse(shutdownOrder)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Msgf("Failed to build project run order: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	var nameOrder []string
+	for _, v := range shutdownOrder {
+		nameOrder = append(nameOrder, v.getName())
+	}
+	log.Debug().Msgf("Shutting down %d processes. Order: %q", len(shutdownOrder), nameOrder)
+	for _, proc := range shutdownOrder {
 		proc.prepareForShutDown()
 	}
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
-	for _, proc := range runProc {
-		err := proc.shutDown()
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Err(err).Msgf("failed to shutdown %s", proc.getName())
-			continue
-		}
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func(pr *Process) {
-			pr.waitForCompletion()
-			wg.Done()
-		}(proc)
+
+    reverseDependencies, err := p.runningProcessesReverseDependencies()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Msgf("Failed to build running processes reverse dependencies: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	for _, process := range shutdownOrder {
+        wg.Add(1)
+        go func(proc *Process) {
+            log.Debug().Msgf("[%s]: shutdown initiated", proc.getName())
+            waitForDepsWg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+            if revDeps, ok := reverseDependencies[proc.getName()]; ok {
+                for revDep, _ := range revDeps {
+                    if runningProc, ok := p.runningProcesses[revDep]; ok {
+                        waitForDepsWg.Add(1)
+                        go func(pr * Process) {
+                            log.Debug().Msgf("[%s]: waiting for %s to shut down first", proc.getName(), revDep)
+                            pr.waitForCompletion()
+                            waitForDepsWg.Done()
+                        }(runningProc)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            waitForDepsWg.Wait()
+            log.Debug().Msgf("[%s]: waited for all deps", proc.getName())
+
+            err := proc.shutDown()
+            if err != nil {
+                log.Err(err).Msgf("failed to shutdown %s", proc.getName())
+                return
+            }
+            log.Debug().Msgf("[%s]: shutdown complete", proc.getName())
+            proc.waitForCompletion()
+            wg.Done()
+        }(process)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
 	return nil