diff --git a/registry/handlers/app.go b/registry/handlers/app.go
index 83e987d85c..91c56e7627 100644
--- a/registry/handlers/app.go
+++ b/registry/handlers/app.go
@@ -430,6 +430,14 @@ func (app *App) RegisterHealthChecks(healthRegistries ...*health.Registry) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Shutdown close the underlying registry
+func (app *App) Shutdown() error {
+	if r, ok := app.registry.(proxy.Closer); ok {
+		return r.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // register a handler with the application, by route name. The handler will be
 // passed through the application filters and context will be constructed at
 // request time.
diff --git a/registry/proxy/proxyregistry.go b/registry/proxy/proxyregistry.go
index 33dcc4afa1..55c8f4beb4 100644
--- a/registry/proxy/proxyregistry.go
+++ b/registry/proxy/proxyregistry.go
@@ -211,6 +211,15 @@ func (pr *proxyingRegistry) BlobStatter() distribution.BlobStatter {
 	return pr.embedded.BlobStatter()
 }
 
+type Closer interface {
+	// Close release all resources used by this object
+	Close() error
+}
+
+func (pr *proxyingRegistry) Close() error {
+	return pr.scheduler.Stop()
+}
+
 // authChallenger encapsulates a request to the upstream to establish credential challenges
 type authChallenger interface {
 	tryEstablishChallenges(context.Context) error
diff --git a/registry/proxy/scheduler/scheduler.go b/registry/proxy/scheduler/scheduler.go
index ed1d9d4198..78366c2ff6 100644
--- a/registry/proxy/scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/registry/proxy/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -206,12 +206,13 @@ func (ttles *TTLExpirationScheduler) startTimer(entry *schedulerEntry, ttl time.
 }
 
 // Stop stops the scheduler.
-func (ttles *TTLExpirationScheduler) Stop() {
+func (ttles *TTLExpirationScheduler) Stop() error {
 	ttles.Lock()
 	defer ttles.Unlock()
 
-	if err := ttles.writeState(); err != nil {
-		dcontext.GetLogger(ttles.ctx).Errorf("Error writing scheduler state: %s", err)
+	err := ttles.writeState()
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("error writing scheduler state: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	for _, entry := range ttles.entries {
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ func (ttles *TTLExpirationScheduler) Stop() {
 	close(ttles.doneChan)
 	ttles.saveTimer.Stop()
 	ttles.stopped = true
+	return err
 }
 
 func (ttles *TTLExpirationScheduler) writeState() error {
diff --git a/registry/proxy/scheduler/scheduler_test.go b/registry/proxy/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
index 38fa0f5807..fb0869c2db 100644
--- a/registry/proxy/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/registry/proxy/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
@@ -136,7 +136,12 @@ func TestRestoreOld(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error starting ttlExpirationScheduler: %s", err)
 	}
-	defer s.Stop()
+	defer func(s *TTLExpirationScheduler) {
+		err := s.Stop()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Error stopping ttlExpirationScheduler: %s", err)
+		}
+	}(s)
 
 	wg.Wait()
 	mu.Lock()
@@ -177,7 +182,10 @@ func TestStopRestore(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Start and stop before all operations complete
 	// state will be written to fs
-	s.Stop()
+	err = s.Stop()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
 	time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
 
 	// v2 will restore state from fs
diff --git a/registry/registry.go b/registry/registry.go
index b7989f0217..3d3bf1eb1a 100644
--- a/registry/registry.go
+++ b/registry/registry.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ func (registry *Registry) ListenAndServe() error {
 	}
 
 	// setup channel to get notified on SIGTERM signal
-	signal.Notify(registry.quit, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	signal.Notify(registry.quit, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	serveErr := make(chan error)
 
 	// Start serving in goroutine and listen for stop signal in main thread
@@ -332,9 +333,13 @@ func (registry *Registry) ListenAndServe() error {
 	}
 }
 
-// Shutdown gracefully shuts down the registry's HTTP server.
+// Shutdown gracefully shuts down the registry's HTTP server and application object.
 func (registry *Registry) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
-	return registry.server.Shutdown(ctx)
+	err := registry.server.Shutdown(ctx)
+	if appErr := registry.app.Shutdown(); appErr != nil {
+		err = errors.Join(err, appErr)
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
 func configureDebugServer(config *configuration.Configuration) {