diff --git a/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/ai_node.py b/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/ai_node.py
index 587ae4930dede..d8f619e1b8d38 100644
--- a/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/ai_node.py
+++ b/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/ai_node.py
@@ -163,7 +163,11 @@ def stop(self):
             self._rpc_handler.stop()
             if self._rpc_service:
                 self._rpc_service.stop()
-                self._rpc_service.join(1)
-                if self._rpc_service.is_alive():
-                    logger.warning("RPC service thread failed to stop in time.")
+                for retry in range(30):
+                    self._rpc_service.join(2)
+                    if not self._rpc_service.is_alive():
+                        logger.warning(
+                            "RPC service thread failed to stop in time, retrying..."
+                        )
+                        break
             logger.info("IoTDB-AINode has successfully stopped.")
diff --git a/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/inference/pool_controller.py b/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/inference/pool_controller.py
index 00bb3b5568b0f..54580402ec293 100644
--- a/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/inference/pool_controller.py
+++ b/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/inference/pool_controller.py
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ def get_load(self, model_id, device_id, pool_id) -> int:
             return pool_group.get_load(pool_id)
         return -1
 
-    def shutdown(self):
+    def stop(self):
         self._stop_event.set()
 
         # shutdown pool controller
diff --git a/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/manager/inference_manager.py b/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/manager/inference_manager.py
index 841159d9b4c92..a67d576b0ec8c 100644
--- a/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/manager/inference_manager.py
+++ b/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/manager/inference_manager.py
@@ -366,9 +366,9 @@ def inference(self, req: TInferenceReq):
             single_output=False,
         )
 
-    def shutdown(self):
+    def stop(self):
         self._stop_event.set()
-        self._pool_controller.shutdown()
+        self._pool_controller.stop()
         while not self._result_queue.empty():
             self._result_queue.get_nowait()
         self._result_queue.close()
diff --git a/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/rpc/handler.py b/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/rpc/handler.py
index 04ac139e7d481..f01e1594f0698 100644
--- a/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/rpc/handler.py
+++ b/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/rpc/handler.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def __init__(self, ainode):
 
     def stop(self) -> None:
         logger.info("Stopping the RPC service handler of IoTDB-AINode...")
-        self._inference_manager.shutdown()
+        self._inference_manager.stop()
 
     def stopAINode(self) -> TSStatus:
         self._ainode.stop()
diff --git a/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/rpc/service.py b/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/rpc/service.py
index c556ffd4ba0d5..fc93a0cce7d5b 100644
--- a/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/rpc/service.py
+++ b/iotdb-core/ainode/iotdb/ainode/core/rpc/service.py
@@ -125,3 +125,4 @@ def stop(self) -> None:
             logger.info("Stopping the RPC service of IoTDB-AINode...")
             self._stop_event.set()
             self.__pool_server.stop()
+            self._handler.stop()
diff --git a/scripts/sbin/start-ainode.sh b/scripts/sbin/start-ainode.sh
index 671de54ba1a86..454a0389c3866 100644
--- a/scripts/sbin/start-ainode.sh
+++ b/scripts/sbin/start-ainode.sh
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ export IOTDB_AINODE_HOME
 echo "IOTDB_AINODE_HOME: $IOTDB_AINODE_HOME"
 
 # fetch parameters with names
-while getopts "i:rn" opt; do
+daemon_mode=false
+while getopts "i:rnd" opt; do
   case $opt in
     n)
     ;;
+    d)
+      daemon_mode=true
+    ;;
     \?) echo "Invalid option -$OPTARG" >&2
     exit 1
     ;;
@@ -41,6 +45,11 @@ ain_ainode_executable="$IOTDB_AINODE_HOME/lib/ainode"
 
 echo Script got ainode executable: "$ain_ainode_executable"
 
-echo Starting AINode...
-
-$ain_ainode_executable start
+if [ "$daemon_mode" = true ]; then
+  echo Starting AINode in daemon mode...
+  nohup $ain_ainode_executable start > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+  echo AINode started in background
+else
+  echo Starting AINode...
+  $ain_ainode_executable start
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/sbin/windows/start-ainode.bat b/scripts/sbin/windows/start-ainode.bat
index 1d9a4306bafb7..09ce914f22672 100644
--- a/scripts/sbin/windows/start-ainode.bat
+++ b/scripts/sbin/windows/start-ainode.bat
@@ -30,8 +30,20 @@ set ain_ainode_executable=%IOTDB_AINODE_HOME%\lib\ainode
 
 echo Script got ainode executable: %ain_ainode_executable%
 
-echo Starting AINode...
-
-%$ain_ainode_executable% start
-
-pause
\ No newline at end of file
+set daemon_mode=false
+:parse_args
+if "%~1"=="" goto end_parse
+if /i "%~1"=="-d" set daemon_mode=true
+shift
+goto parse_args
+:end_parse
+
+if "%daemon_mode%"=="true" (
+  echo Starting AINode in daemon mode...
+  start /B "" %ain_ainode_executable% start
+  echo AINode started in background
+) else (
+  echo Starting AINode...
+  %ain_ainode_executable% start
+  pause
+)
\ No newline at end of file