diff --git a/agent/model.go b/agent/model.go
index 72da4c24..093fa729 100644
--- a/agent/model.go
+++ b/agent/model.go
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ type agentGrpcImpl struct {
 
 type backendHandler interface {
 	Run() error
+	Stop() error
 }
diff --git a/agent/releaseShare.go b/agent/releaseShare.go
index 4abde1d9..9b826101 100755
--- a/agent/releaseShare.go
+++ b/agent/releaseShare.go
@@ -3,10 +3,20 @@ package agent
 import (
 	"context"
 	"github.com/openziti/zrok/agent/agentGrpc"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 func (i *agentGrpcImpl) ReleaseShare(_ context.Context, req *agentGrpc.ReleaseShareRequest) (*agentGrpc.ReleaseShareReply, error) {
-	logrus.Infof("releasing '%v'", req.Token)
+	if shr, found := i.a.shares[req.Token]; found {
+		logrus.Infof("stopping share '%v'", shr.token)
+		if err := shr.handler.Stop(); err != nil {
+			logrus.Error(err)
+		}
+		delete(i.a.shares, shr.token)
+		logrus.Infof("released share '%v'", shr.token)
+	} else {
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("agent has no share with token '%v'", req.Token)
+	}
 	return nil, nil
 }
diff --git a/endpoints/proxy/backend.go b/endpoints/proxy/backend.go
index a181b025..4d3491d3 100644
--- a/endpoints/proxy/backend.go
+++ b/endpoints/proxy/backend.go
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ func (b *Backend) Run() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (b *Backend) Stop() error {
+	return b.listener.Close()
+}
+
 func newReverseProxy(cfg *BackendConfig) (*httputil.ReverseProxy, error) {
 	targetURL, err := url.Parse(cfg.EndpointAddress)
 	if err != nil {