diff --git a/ecosystem.config.cjs b/ecosystem.config.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..051cb08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ecosystem.config.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const { config } = require('dotenv');
+config();
+
+module.exports =
+  // ecosystem.js
+  {
+    apps: [
+      {
+        name: 'Indexer',
+        script: 'dist/app.js', // name of the startup file
+        exec_mode: 'fork', // to turn on cluster mode; defaults to 'fork' mode
+        env: {
+          PORT: '10001', // the port on which the app should listen
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'HttpServer',
+        script: 'dist/HttpServer.js',
+        instances: 2,
+        exec_mode: 'cluster',
+        env: {
+          PORT: '10000', // the port on which the app should listen
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  };
diff --git a/scripts/test.ts b/scripts/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f14cfed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { contiguousDataCacheTmpCleanupWorker } from '../src/system';
+
+const batch = await contiguousDataCacheTmpCleanupWorker.getBatch('data');
diff --git a/src/HttpServer.ts b/src/HttpServer.ts
index c13fc06..717c560 100644
--- a/src/HttpServer.ts
+++ b/src/HttpServer.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,36 @@ import { dataRouter } from './routes/data/index.js';
 import { apolloServer } from './routes/graphql/index.js';
 import { openApiRouter } from './routes/openapi.js';
 import * as system from './system.js';
+import { GracefulShutdownController } from './utils/gracefulShutdown.js';
+
+const logger = log.child({ name: 'HttpServer' });
+let isShuttingDown = false;
+let manualShutdown = () => {};
+
+const gracefulShutdown = async (): Promise<void> => {
+  logger.warn('Shutting down...');
+  Promise.all([manualShutdown()])
+    .then((_) => {
+      process.exit(0);
+    })
+    .catch((_) => process.exit(1));
+};
+
+process.on('message', async (message) => {
+  if (message === 'shutdown') {
+    logger.verbose('received shutdown message');
+    if (isShuttingDown) return;
+    isShuttingDown = true;
+    gracefulShutdown();
+  }
+});
+
+process.on('SIGINT', () => {
+  logger.verbose('received signal sigint');
+  if (isShuttingDown) return;
+  isShuttingDown = true;
+  gracefulShutdown();
+});
 
 const app = express();
 
@@ -29,12 +59,47 @@ const apolloServerInstanceGql = apolloServer(system.db, {
   introspection: true,
   persistedQueries: false,
 });
-apolloServerInstanceGql.start().then(() => {
+await apolloServerInstanceGql.start().then(() => {
   apolloServerInstanceGql.applyMiddleware({
     app,
     path: '/graphql',
   });
-  app.listen(config.PORT, () => {
-    log.info(`Listening on port ${config.PORT}`);
-  });
 });
+
+const server = app.listen(config.PORT);
+logger.info(`Listening on port ${config.PORT}`);
+
+server.keepAliveTimeout = 61 * 1000;
+server.headersTimeout = 62 * 1000;
+
+server.on('close', () => {
+  logger.debug(`closing...`);
+});
+
+// // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
+// async function onHTTPShutdown(): Promise<void> {
+//   // insert cleanup operation(s) here
+//   const cleanup = async (): Promise<void> => {
+//     await new Promise((r) => wss.close(r));
+//   };
+//   // await Promise.allSettled(wss.clients)
+//   await Promise.race([sleep(5_000), cleanup]);
+// }
+
+const controller = new GracefulShutdownController({
+  server,
+  preShutdown: async (): Promise<void> => {
+    server.closeIdleConnections(); // TODO: test me!!
+  },
+});
+// overwrite manual shutdown noop method
+manualShutdown = (): Promise<void> => controller.shutdown();
+
+if (process.send) {
+  process?.send?.('ready', undefined, undefined, (e) =>
+    e ? logger.error(`Error sending ready message: ${e}`) : undefined,
+  ); // send ready pm2 message
+  logger.info(`Ready message sent`);
+} else {
+  logger.warn(`Ready message NOT sent`);
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/gracefulShutdown.ts b/src/utils/gracefulShutdown.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bd9e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/gracefulShutdown.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+import type { ServerResponse } from 'http';
+import { type Server } from 'http';
+import { Logger } from 'winston';
+
+import logger from '../log.js';
+import { sleep } from './utils.js';
+
+export class GracefulShutdownController {
+  private timeout = 30_000;
+  private connections = new Map();
+  private secureConnections = new Map();
+  private server: Server;
+  private connectionCounter = 0;
+  private secureConnectionCounter = 0;
+  private shutdownPromise?: void | PromiseLike<void>;
+  private preShutdown?: () => Promise<void>;
+  protected log: Logger;
+
+  constructor(opts: { server: Server; preShutdown?: () => Promise<void> }) {
+    this.server = opts.server;
+    this.server.on('connection', this.connectionEventHandler.bind(this));
+    this.server.on('request', this.requestEventHandler.bind(this));
+    this.server.on('secureConnection', this.secureConnectionHandler.bind(this));
+    this.log = logger.child({ class: this.constructor.name });
+  }
+
+  get isShuttingDown(): boolean {
+    return this.shutdownPromise !== undefined;
+  }
+
+  requestEventHandler(req: any, res: ServerResponse): void {
+    req.socket._isIdle = false;
+    if (this.isShuttingDown) {
+      // this.lastConnection = performance.now();
+      this.log.warn('Received request while shutting down');
+    }
+
+    if (this.isShuttingDown && !res.headersSent) {
+      res.setHeader('connection', 'close');
+    }
+
+    res.on('finish', function (this: ServerResponse) {
+      req.socket._isIdle = true;
+      this.destroy(req.socket);
+    });
+  }
+
+  connectionEventHandler(socket: any): void {
+    if (this.isShuttingDown) {
+      // this.log.warn(`REJECTED INCOMING CONNECTION`);
+      // socket.destroy();
+      this.log.warn('Received request while shutting down');
+      // this.lastConnection = performance.now();
+    }
+    const id = this.connectionCounter++;
+    socket._isIdle = true;
+    socket._connectionId = id;
+    this.connections.set(id, socket);
+
+    socket.once('close', () => {
+      this.connections.delete(socket._connectionId);
+    });
+  }
+
+  // destroy(socket: Socket & { _connectionId: string; _isIdle: boolean; server: any }, force = false): void {
+  //   if ((socket._isIdle && this.isShuttingDown) || force) {
+  //     this.log.info("DESTROY");
+  //     socket.destroy();
+  //     if (socket.server instanceof Server) {
+  //       this.connections.delete(socket._connectionId);
+  //     } else {
+  //       this.secureConnections.delete(socket._connectionId);
+  //     }
+  //   }
+  // }
+
+  secureConnectionHandler(socket: any): void {
+    // if (this.isShuttingDown) {
+    //   this.log.warn(`REJECTED INCOMING CONNECTION`);
+    //   socket.destroy();
+    // } else {
+    const id = this.secureConnectionCounter++;
+    socket._isIdle = true;
+    socket._connectionId = id;
+    this.secureConnections.set(id, socket);
+
+    socket.once('close', () => {
+      this.secureConnections.delete(socket._connectionId);
+    });
+    // }
+  }
+
+  // returns true if should force shut down. returns false for shut down without force
+  async waitForReadyToShutDown(totalNumInterval: number): Promise<void> {
+    while (totalNumInterval-- > 0) {
+      this.log.debug(`waitForReadyToShutDown... ${totalNumInterval}`);
+
+      if (totalNumInterval === 0) {
+        // timeout reached
+        this.log.warn(
+          `Could not close connections in time (${this.timeout}ms), will forcefully shut down`,
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // const symb = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(this.server).find((v) => v.toString() === "Symbol(http.server.connections)");
+      // const connectionsList = this.server[symb];
+
+      // const activeConnections = connectionsList.active();
+
+      // test all connections closed already?
+      const allConnectionsClosed =
+        this.connections.size === 0 && this.secureConnections.size === 0;
+
+      if (allConnectionsClosed) {
+        this.log.debug('All connections closed. Continue to shutting down');
+        // use this if issues persist.
+
+        // if (cluster.isWorker) {
+        //   const worker = cluster.worker;
+        //   // console.log(worker);
+        //   console.log("DISCONNECT");
+        //   worker.disconnect();
+        // }
+
+        // const timeSinceLastConn = performance.now() - this.lastConnection;
+        // // console.log("timeSinceLastConn", timeSinceLastConn);
+
+        // while (performance.now() - this.lastConnection < 250) {
+        //   await sleep(50);
+        //   this.log.info(`BusyWait for no connections...`);
+        // }
+        // this.log.info("busywait done");
+
+        return;
+      }
+
+      this.log.debug('Schedule the next waitForReadyToShutdown');
+      await sleep(250);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async destroyAllConnections(force = false): Promise<void> {
+    // destroy empty and idle connections / all connections (if force = true)
+    this.log.debug(
+      'Destroy Connections : ' + (force ? 'forced close' : 'close'),
+    );
+
+    const httpServerConnections = await new Promise((res, rej) =>
+      this.server.getConnections((e, c) => {
+        if (e != undefined) rej(e);
+        if (c != undefined) res(c);
+      }),
+    );
+
+    this.log.debug(
+      `server has ${this.server.connections} (${httpServerConnections}) connections`,
+    );
+
+    for (const socket of this.connections.values()) {
+      const serverResponse = socket._httpMessage;
+      // send connection close header to open connections
+      if (serverResponse && !force) {
+        if (!serverResponse.headersSent) {
+          serverResponse.setHeader('connection', 'close');
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.log.debug('Connection Counter    : ' + this.connectionCounter);
+
+    for (const socket of this.secureConnections.values()) {
+      const serverResponse = socket._httpMessage;
+      // send connection close header to open connections
+      if (serverResponse && !force) {
+        if (!serverResponse.headersSent) {
+          serverResponse.setHeader('connection', 'close');
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.log.debug(
+      'Secure Connection Counter    : ' + this.secureConnectionCounter,
+    );
+    // const symb = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(this.server).find((v) => v.toString() === "Symbol(http.server.connections)");
+    // const connectionsList = this.server[symb];
+
+    // const idleConnections = connectionsList.idle();
+
+    // for (const connection of idleConnections) {
+    //   connection.socket.destroy();
+    // }
+  }
+
+  private async runShutdown(signal: string): Promise<void> {
+    this.log.info(`shutting down with signal ${signal}`);
+    if (this.preShutdown instanceof Function) await this.preShutdown();
+
+    // if (cluster.isWorker) {
+    //   // this *should* cause connection distribution to fail sending reqs to this worker
+    //   // see https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/33710e7e7d39d19449a75911537d630349110a0c/lib/internal/cluster/child.js#L236
+    //   this.server.maxConnections = null;
+    // }
+
+    await this.destroyAllConnections();
+    await this.waitForReadyToShutDown(Math.round(this.timeout / 250));
+    this.log.verbose(`Closing server`);
+    await new Promise<void>((res, rej) =>
+      this.server.close((err) => (err ? rej(err) : res())),
+    ).catch((e) =>
+      this.log.error(`Error closing the server: ${e.toString()} ${e.stack}`),
+    );
+  }
+
+  public async shutdown(signal = 'manual'): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.isShuttingDown) this.shutdownPromise = this.runShutdown(signal);
+    return this.shutdownPromise;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/utils.ts b/src/utils/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5bb0f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export const sleep = (ms: number): Promise<void> =>
+  new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));