diff --git a/api/src/cli/commands/start.ts b/api/src/cli/commands/start.ts
index 6c01d16a30..696dc12340 100644
--- a/api/src/cli/commands/start.ts
+++ b/api/src/cli/commands/start.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import knex from 'knex';
 import logger from '../../logger';
 import { Express } from 'express';
+import emitter from '../../emitter';
 
 export default async function start() {
 	const { default: env } = require('../../env');
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ export default async function start() {
 	const signals: NodeJS.Signals[] = ['SIGHUP', 'SIGINT', 'SIGTERM'];
 	signals.forEach((signal) => {
 		process.on(signal, () =>
-			server.close((err) => {
+			server.close(async (err) => {
 				if (err) {
 					logger.error(`Failed to close server: ${err.message}`, {
 						err,
@@ -29,18 +30,17 @@ export default async function start() {
 				}
 				logger.info('Server stopped.');
 
-				connection
-					.destroy()
-					.then(() => {
-						logger.info('Database connection stopped.');
-						process.exit(0);
-					})
-					.catch((err) => {
-						logger.info(`Failed to destroy database connections: ${err.message}`, {
-							err,
-						});
-						process.exit(1);
+				try {
+					await emitter.emitAsync('destroy', { app });
+					await connection.destroy();
+					logger.info('Database connection stopped.');
+					process.exit(0);
+				} catch (err) {
+					logger.info(`Failed to destroy database connections: ${err.message}`, {
+						err,
 					});
+					process.exit(1);
+				}
 			})
 		);
 	});