diff --git a/app/classes/shared/cmd.py b/app/classes/shared/cmd.py
index dfce718a..d9cd6832 100644
--- a/app/classes/shared/cmd.py
+++ b/app/classes/shared/cmd.py
@@ -34,17 +34,6 @@ class MainPrompt(cmd.Cmd, object):
     def emptyline():
         pass
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _clean_shutdown():
-        exit_file = os.path.join(helper.root_dir, "exit.txt")
-        try:
-            with open(exit_file, 'w') as f:
-                f.write("exit")
-
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.critical("Unable to write exit file due to error: {}".format(e))
-            console.critical("Unable to write exit file due to error: {}".format(e))
-
     def do_exit(self, line):
         self.universal_exit()
     
@@ -77,7 +66,6 @@ class MainPrompt(cmd.Cmd, object):
         logger.info("Stopping all server daemons / threads")
         console.info("Stopping all server daemons / threads - This may take a few seconds")
         websocket_helper.disconnect_all()
-        self._clean_shutdown()
         console.info('Waiting for main thread to stop')
         while True:
             if self.tasks_manager.get_main_thread_run_status():
diff --git a/app/classes/shared/helpers.py b/app/classes/shared/helpers.py
index 36958b9d..ede4beb0 100644
--- a/app/classes/shared/helpers.py
+++ b/app/classes/shared/helpers.py
@@ -230,16 +230,6 @@ class Helpers:
                                     version_data.get('meta', '?'))
         return str(version)
 
-    def do_exit(self):
-        exit_file = os.path.join(self.root_dir, 'exit.txt')
-        try:
-            open(exit_file, 'a').close()
-
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.critical("Unable to create exit file!")
-            console.critical("Unable to create exit file!")
-            sys.exit(1)
-
     def encode_pass(self, password):
         return self.passhasher.hash(password)
 
diff --git a/app/classes/shared/server.py b/app/classes/shared/server.py
index 623f22d1..4584b348 100644
--- a/app/classes/shared/server.py
+++ b/app/classes/shared/server.py
@@ -171,12 +171,10 @@ class Server:
         if not helper.check_path_exists(self.server_path):
             logger.critical("Server path: {} does not seem to exits".format(self.server_path))
             console.critical("Server path: {} does not seem to exits".format(self.server_path))
-            helper.do_exit()
 
         if not helper.check_writeable(self.server_path):
             logger.critical("Unable to write/access {}".format(self.server_path))
             console.warning("Unable to write/access {}".format(self.server_path))
-            helper.do_exit()
 
     def start_server(self, user_id):
         if not user_id:
diff --git a/app/classes/shared/tasks.py b/app/classes/shared/tasks.py
index 1ab6c05e..47e390b9 100644
--- a/app/classes/shared/tasks.py
+++ b/app/classes/shared/tasks.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class TasksManager:
 
         self.webserver_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.tornado.run_tornado, daemon=True, name='tornado_thread')
 
-        self.main_kill_switch_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.main_kill_switch, daemon=True, name="main_loop")
         self.main_thread_exiting = False
 
         self.schedule_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.scheduler_thread, daemon=True, name="scheduler")
@@ -65,16 +64,6 @@ class TasksManager:
     def get_main_thread_run_status(self):
         return self.main_thread_exiting
 
-    def start_main_kill_switch_watcher(self):
-        self.main_kill_switch_thread.start()
-
-    def main_kill_switch(self):
-        while True:
-            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(helper.root_dir, 'exit.txt')):
-                logger.info("Found Exit File, stopping everything")
-                self._main_graceful_exit()
-            time.sleep(5)
-
     def reload_schedule_from_db(self):
         jobs = management_helper.get_schedules_enabled()
         schedule.clear(tag='backup')
@@ -122,7 +111,6 @@ class TasksManager:
     def _main_graceful_exit(self):
         try:
             os.remove(helper.session_file)
-            os.remove(os.path.join(helper.root_dir, 'exit.txt'))
             os.remove(os.path.join(helper.root_dir, '.header'))
             self.controller.stop_all_servers()
         except:
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 7d812ab4..86e7fd81 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # refresh our cache and schedule for every 12 hoursour cache refresh for serverjars.com
     tasks_manager.serverjar_cache_refresher()
 
-    # this should always be last
-    tasks_manager.start_main_kill_switch_watcher()
-
     logger.info("Checking Internet/Port Service. This may take a minute.")
     console.info("Checking Internet/Port Service. This may take a minute.")
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2f479f49..b395419e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ cryptography~=3.4
 argon2-cffi~=20.1
 bleach~=3.1
 colorama~=0.4
+cryptography~=3.4
 peewee~=3.13
 pexpect~=4.8
 psutil~=5.7