diff --git a/pkg/server/config.go b/pkg/server/config.go
index 1ae7d24e..224528b3 100644
--- a/pkg/server/config.go
+++ b/pkg/server/config.go
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ import (
 type Config struct {
 	// The address to listen on.
 	Addr string `yaml:"addr" default:":8080"`
+	// PreStopSleepSeconds is the number of seconds to sleep before stopping.
+	// Useful for giving kubernetes time to drain connections.
+	// This sleep will happen after a SIGTERM is received, and will
+	// delay the shutdown of the server and all of it's components.
+	// Note: Do not set this to a value greater than the kubernetes
+	// terminationGracePeriodSeconds.
+	PreStopSleepSeconds int `yaml:"preStopSleepSeconds" default:"0"`
 	// MetricsAddr is the address to listen on for metrics.
 	MetricsAddr string `yaml:"metricsAddr" default:":9090"`
 	// PProfAddr is the address to listen on for pprof.
diff --git a/pkg/server/server.go b/pkg/server/server.go
index 9a230b7f..394467ec 100644
--- a/pkg/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/server/server.go
@@ -167,16 +167,20 @@ func (x *Xatu) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (x *Xatu) stop(ctx context.Context) error {
+	x.log.WithField("pre_stop_sleep_seconds", x.config.PreStopSleepSeconds).Info("Stopping server")
+
+	time.Sleep(time.Duration(x.config.PreStopSleepSeconds) * time.Second)
+
+	if x.grpcServer != nil {
+		x.grpcServer.GracefulStop()
+	}
+
 	for _, s := range x.services {
 		if err := s.Stop(ctx); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 
-	if x.grpcServer != nil {
-		x.grpcServer.GracefulStop()
-	}
-
 	if x.config.Persistence.Enabled && x.persistence != nil {
 		if err := x.persistence.Stop(ctx); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -207,6 +211,8 @@ func (x *Xatu) stop(ctx context.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	x.log.Info("Server stopped")
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/server/service/coordinator/client.go b/pkg/server/service/coordinator/client.go
index ca1ce9ac..09365ca3 100644
--- a/pkg/server/service/coordinator/client.go
+++ b/pkg/server/service/coordinator/client.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func NewClient(ctx context.Context, log logrus.FieldLogger, conf *Config, p *per
 }
 
 func (c *Client) Start(ctx context.Context, grpcServer *grpc.Server) error {
-	c.log.Info("starting module")
+	c.log.Info("Starting module")
 
 	xatu.RegisterCoordinatorServer(grpcServer, c)
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (c *Client) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	c.log.Info("module stopped")
+	c.log.Info("Module stopped")
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/server/service/coordinator/node/record.go b/pkg/server/service/coordinator/node/record.go
index 1a588464..e47e1d2f 100644
--- a/pkg/server/service/coordinator/node/record.go
+++ b/pkg/server/service/coordinator/node/record.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (r *Record) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	r.log.Info("component stopped")
+	r.log.Info("Component stopped")
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/server/service/event-ingester/ingester.go b/pkg/server/service/event-ingester/ingester.go
index cbe9dc8d..3407808e 100644
--- a/pkg/server/service/event-ingester/ingester.go
+++ b/pkg/server/service/event-ingester/ingester.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func NewIngester(ctx context.Context, log logrus.FieldLogger, conf *Config, cloc
 }
 
 func (e *Ingester) Start(ctx context.Context, grpcServer *grpc.Server) error {
-	e.log.Info("starting module")
+	e.log.Info("Starting module")
 
 	xatu.RegisterEventIngesterServer(grpcServer, e)
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (e *Ingester) Start(ctx context.Context, grpcServer *grpc.Server) error {
 }
 
 func (e *Ingester) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
-	e.log.Info("stopping module")
+	e.log.Info("Stopping module")
 
 	for _, sink := range e.sinks {
 		if err := sink.Stop(ctx); err != nil {