diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7f058bc..5eec035c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abahmed/kwatch/v0.3.0/deploy/
 |:-------------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `maxRecentLogLines`                  | Optional Max tail log lines in messages, if it's not provided it will get all log lines              |
 | `namespaces`                         | Optional list of namespaces that you want to watch, if it's not provided it will watch all namespaces|
+| `ignoreFailedGracefulShutdown`       | If set to true, containers which are forcefully killed during shutdown (as their graceful shutdown failed) are not reported as error     |
 
 
 #### Slack
diff --git a/controller/controller.go b/controller/controller.go
index a5aae9b6..721455bd 100644
--- a/controller/controller.go
+++ b/controller/controller.go
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ import (
 
 // Controller holds necessary
 type Controller struct {
-	name      string
-	informer  cache.Controller
-	indexer   cache.Indexer
-	kclient   kubernetes.Interface
-	queue     workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
-	providers []provider.Provider
-	store     storage.Storage
+	name                         string
+	informer                     cache.Controller
+	indexer                      cache.Indexer
+	kclient                      kubernetes.Interface
+	queue                        workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
+	providers                    []provider.Provider
+	store                        storage.Storage
+	ignoreFailedGracefulShutdown bool
 }
 
 // run starts the controller
@@ -144,13 +145,24 @@ func (c *Controller) processPod(key string, pod *v1.Pod) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if (container.State.Waiting != nil &&
-			container.State.Waiting.Reason == "ContainerCreating") ||
-			(container.State.Waiting != nil &&
-				container.State.Waiting.Reason == "PodInitializing") ||
-			(container.State.Terminated != nil &&
-				container.State.Terminated.Reason == "Completed") {
-			continue
+		if container.State.Waiting != nil {
+			switch {
+			case container.State.Waiting.Reason == "ContainerCreating":
+				continue
+			case container.State.Waiting.Reason == "PodInitializing":
+				continue
+			}
+		} else if container.State.Terminated != nil {
+			switch {
+			case container.State.Terminated.Reason == "Completed":
+				continue
+			case container.State.Terminated.ExitCode == 143:
+				// 143 is the exit code for graceful termination
+				continue
+			case container.State.Terminated.ExitCode == 0:
+				// 0 is the exit code for purpose stop
+				continue
+			}
 		}
 
 		// if reported, continue
@@ -158,6 +170,12 @@ func (c *Controller) processPod(key string, pod *v1.Pod) {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if c.ignoreFailedGracefulShutdown && util.ContainsKillingStoppingContainerEvents(c.kclient, pod.Name, pod.Namespace) {
+			// Graceful shutdown did not work and container was killed during shutdown.
+			//  Not really an error
+			continue
+		}
+
 		logrus.Debugf(
 			"processing container %s in pod %s@%s",
 			container.Name,
diff --git a/controller/start.go b/controller/start.go
index 5866f5e5..d09c3f39 100644
--- a/controller/start.go
+++ b/controller/start.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Start creates an instance of controller after initialization and runs it
-func Start(providers []provider.Provider) {
+func Start(providers []provider.Provider, ignoreFailedGracefulShutdown bool) {
 	// create kubernetes client
 	kclient := client.Create()
 
@@ -67,13 +67,14 @@ func Start(providers []provider.Provider) {
 		}, cache.Indexers{})
 
 	controller := Controller{
-		name:      "pod-crash",
-		informer:  informer,
-		indexer:   indexer,
-		queue:     queue,
-		kclient:   kclient,
-		providers: providers,
-		store:     memory.NewMemory(),
+		name:                         "pod-crash",
+		informer:                     informer,
+		indexer:                      indexer,
+		queue:                        queue,
+		kclient:                      kclient,
+		providers:                    providers,
+		store:                        memory.NewMemory(),
+		ignoreFailedGracefulShutdown: ignoreFailedGracefulShutdown,
 	}
 
 	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 24636dd4..f3cbadee 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ func main() {
 	go upgrader.CheckUpdates(providers)
 
 	// start controller
-	controller.Start(providers)
+	controller.Start(providers, viper.GetBool("ignoreFailedGracefulShutdown"))
 }
diff --git a/util/util.go b/util/util.go
index 36fc9b02..0f8e587e 100644
--- a/util/util.go
+++ b/util/util.go
@@ -39,6 +39,24 @@ func GetPodEventsStr(c kubernetes.Interface, name, namespace string) string {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(eventsString)
 }
 
+// ContainsKillingStoppingContainerEvents checks if the events contain an event with "Killing Stopping container" which
+// indicates that a container could not be gracefully shutdown
+func ContainsKillingStoppingContainerEvents(c kubernetes.Interface, name, namespace string) bool {
+	events, err := getPodEvents(c, name, namespace)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, ev := range events.Items {
+		if strings.ToLower(ev.Reason) == "killing" &&
+			strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(ev.Message), "stopping container") {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 // GetPodContainerLogs returns logs for specified container in pod
 func GetPodContainerLogs(
 	c kubernetes.Interface, name, container, namespace string,