diff --git a/src/MicroService.cpp b/src/MicroService.cpp
index 8d38982..4508404 100644
--- a/src/MicroService.cpp
+++ b/src/MicroService.cpp
@@ -451,12 +451,25 @@ namespace uCentral {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	void MicroService::SavePID() {
+		try {
+			std::ofstream O;
+			O.open(Daemon()->DataDir() + "/pidfile",std::ios::binary | std::ios::trunc);
+			O << Poco::Process::id();
+			O.close();
+		} catch (...)
+		{
+			std::cout << "Could not save system ID" << std::endl;
+		}
+	}
+
 	int MicroService::main(const ArgVec &args) {
 
 		MyErrorHandler	ErrorHandler(*this);
 		Poco::ErrorHandler::set(&ErrorHandler);
 
 		if (!HelpRequested_) {
+			SavePID();
 			Poco::Logger &logger = Poco::Logger::get(DAEMON_APP_NAME);
 			logger.notice(Poco::format("Starting %s version %s.",DAEMON_APP_NAME, Version()));
 
diff --git a/src/MicroService.h b/src/MicroService.h
index 26654f7..8bed9f3 100644
--- a/src/MicroService.h
+++ b/src/MicroService.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "Poco/Crypto/Cipher.h"
 #include "Poco/SHA2Engine.h"
 #include "Poco/Net/HTTPServerRequest.h"
+#include "Poco/Process.h"
 
 #include "uCentralTypes.h"
 #include "SubSystemServer.h"
@@ -129,6 +130,9 @@ namespace uCentral {
 		[[nodiscard]] MicroServiceMetaVec GetServices();
 		[[nodiscard]] bool IsValidAPIKEY(const Poco::Net::HTTPServerRequest &Request);
 
+		void SavePID();
+		inline uint64_t GetPID() { return Poco::Process::id(); };
+
 	  private:
 		bool                        HelpRequested_ = false;
 		std::string                 LogDir_;
diff --git a/stop.sh b/stop.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f7992a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+pidfilename="${UCENTRALSEC_ROOT}/data/pidfile"
+
+if [[ -f "${pidfilename}" ]]
+then
+  kill -9 $(cat ${pidfilename})
+fi