diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d3ead969..36f06792 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ __pycache__
 .vscode
 uploads
 node_modules
-schemas.json
 .mypy_cache
 *.db
+opengeodeweb_back_schemas.json
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 73f66d63..f348826a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,15 +1,27 @@
 {
   "name": "@geode/opengeodeweb-back",
-  "version": "0.0.0-semantically-released",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@geode/opengeodeweb-back",
-      "version": "0.0.0-semantically-released",
+      "version": "0.0.0",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@geode/opengeodeweb-microservice": "latest"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@geode/opengeodeweb-microservice": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@geode/opengeodeweb-microservice/-/opengeodeweb-microservice-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+btAWjHecfqGAZlM/UElwlAREPtLLGsJQr1+ELqS4yZU9A4RkFliCNFkV1jmZNyBEj0QsHZzirD63/rgMj8MOw==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "glob": "^11.0.3"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "ogw-generate-schemas": "generate_schemas.js"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@isaacs/balanced-match": {
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 27e6fb92..11ae818c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -69,4 +69,3 @@ werkzeug==3.1.2
     #   flask
     #   flask-cors
 
-opengeodeweb-microservice~=1.0
diff --git a/src/opengeodeweb_back/routes/blueprint_routes.py b/src/opengeodeweb_back/routes/blueprint_routes.py
index 7f965009..cfd5684a 100644
--- a/src/opengeodeweb_back/routes/blueprint_routes.py
+++ b/src/opengeodeweb_back/routes/blueprint_routes.py
@@ -381,3 +381,17 @@ def ping():
     utils_functions.validate_request(flask.request, ping_json)
     flask.current_app.config.update(LAST_PING_TIME=time.time())
     return flask.make_response({"message": "Flask server is running"}, 200)
+
+
+with open(
+    os.path.join(schemas, "kill.json"),
+    "r",
+) as file:
+    kill_json = json.load(file)
+
+
+@routes.route(kill_json["route"], methods=kill_json["methods"])
+def kill() -> flask.Response:
+    print("Manual server kill, shutting down...", flush=True)
+    os._exit(0)
+    return flask.make_response({"message": "Flask server is dead"}, 200)
diff --git a/src/opengeodeweb_back/routes/schemas/kill.json b/src/opengeodeweb_back/routes/schemas/kill.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dde867bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/opengeodeweb_back/routes/schemas/kill.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "route": "/kill",
+  "methods": [
+    "POST"
+  ],
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {},
+  "required": [],
+  "additionalProperties": false
+}
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