diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d38606..14bc157 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 0.5.2
+  - Now checks if logstash is being shutdown
+
 ## 0.5.1
   - Support using HTTP proxies, adding the `http_proxy` parameter.
 
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/datadog_logs.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/datadog_logs.rb
index 8e5b203..db42640 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/datadog_logs.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/datadog_logs.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ def multi_receive(events)
         end
       end
     rescue => e
-      @logger.error("Uncaught processing exception in datadog forwarder #{e.message}")
+      if e.is_a?(InterruptedError)
+        raise e
+      else
+        @logger.error("Uncaught processing exception in datadog forwarder #{e.message}")
+      end
     end
   end
 
@@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ def gzip_compress(payload, compression_level)
   # Build a new transport client
   def new_client(logger, api_key, use_http, use_ssl, no_ssl_validation, host, port, use_compression, force_v1_routes, http_proxy)
     if use_http
-      DatadogHTTPClient.new logger, use_ssl, no_ssl_validation, host, port, use_compression, api_key, force_v1_routes, http_proxy
+      DatadogHTTPClient.new logger, use_ssl, no_ssl_validation, host, port, use_compression, api_key, force_v1_routes, http_proxy, -> { defined?(pipeline_shutdown_requested?) ? pipeline_shutdown_requested? : false }
     else
       DatadogTCPClient.new logger, use_ssl, no_ssl_validation, host, port
     end
@@ -157,6 +161,9 @@ def new_client(logger, api_key, use_http, use_ssl, no_ssl_validation, host, port
   class RetryableError < StandardError;
   end
 
+  class InterruptedError < StandardError;
+  end
+
   class DatadogClient
     def send_retries(payload, max_retries, max_backoff)
       backoff = 1
@@ -166,17 +173,36 @@ def send_retries(payload, max_retries, max_backoff)
       rescue RetryableError => e
         if retries < max_retries || max_retries < 0
           @logger.warn("Retrying send due to: #{e.message}")
-          sleep backoff
+          interruptableSleep(backoff)
           backoff = 2 * backoff unless backoff > max_backoff
           retries += 1
           retry
         end
-        @logger.error("Max number of retries reached, dropping message. Last exception: #{ex.message}")
+        @logger.error("Max number of retries reached, dropping message. Last exception: #{e.message}")
       rescue => ex
-        @logger.error("Unmanaged exception while sending log to datadog #{ex.message}")
+        if ex.is_a?(InterruptedError)
+          raise ex
+        else
+          @logger.error("Unmanaged exception while sending log to datadog #{ex.message}")
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def interruptableSleep(duration)
+      amountSlept = 0
+      while amountSlept < duration
+        sleep 1
+        amountSlept += 1
+        if interrupted?
+          raise InterruptedError.new "Interrupted while backing off"
+        end
       end
     end
 
+    def interrupted?
+      false
+    end
+
     def send(payload)
       raise NotImplementedError, "Datadog transport client should implement the send method"
     end
@@ -196,7 +222,8 @@ class DatadogHTTPClient < DatadogClient
         ::Manticore::ResolutionFailure
     ]
 
-    def initialize(logger, use_ssl, no_ssl_validation, host, port, use_compression, api_key, force_v1_routes, http_proxy)
+    def initialize(logger, use_ssl, no_ssl_validation, host, port, use_compression, api_key, force_v1_routes, http_proxy, interruptedLambda = nil)
+      @interruptedLambda = interruptedLambda
       @logger = logger
       protocol = use_ssl ? "https" : "http"
 
@@ -224,6 +251,14 @@ def initialize(logger, use_ssl, no_ssl_validation, host, port, use_compression,
       @client = Manticore::Client.new(config)
     end
 
+    def interrupted?
+      if @interruptedLambda
+        return @interruptedLambda.call
+      end
+
+      false
+    end
+
     def send(payload)
       begin
         response = @client.post(@url, :body => payload, :headers => @headers).call
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/version.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/version.rb
index 392ce67..dd6de3b 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/version.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module DatadogLogStashPlugin
-  VERSION = '0.5.1'
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  VERSION = '0.5.2'
+end