diff --git a/common/ruletypes.h b/common/ruletypes.h
index e7c3ea2b5..be947bf47 100644
--- a/common/ruletypes.h
+++ b/common/ruletypes.h
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ RULE_INT(Zone, MinOfflineTimeToReplenishments, 21600) // 21600 seconds is 6 Hour
 RULE_BOOL(Zone, UseZoneController, true) // Enables the ability to use persistent quest based zone controllers (zone_controller.pl/lua)
 RULE_BOOL(Zone, EnableZoneControllerGlobals, false) // Enables the ability to use quest globals with the zone controller NPC
 RULE_INT(Zone, GlobalLootMultiplier, 1) // Sets Global Loot drop multiplier for database based drops, useful for double, triple loot etc.
+RULE_BOOL(Zone, KillProcessOnDynamicShutdown, true) // When process has booted a zone and has hit its zone shut down timer, it will hard kill the process to free memory back to the OS
 RULE_CATEGORY_END()
 
 RULE_CATEGORY(Map)
diff --git a/zone/net.cpp b/zone/net.cpp
index f23e432e9..0ce901359 100644
--- a/zone/net.cpp
+++ b/zone/net.cpp
@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	LogDebug("Main thread running with thread id [{}]", pthread_self());
 #endif
 
-	bool worldwasconnected    = worldserver.Connected();
-	bool eqsf_open            = false;
+	bool worldwasconnected       = worldserver.Connected();
+	bool eqsf_open               = false;
 	bool websocker_server_opened = false;
 
 	Timer quest_timers(100);
@@ -543,8 +543,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 					}
 				}
 
-				if (quest_timers.Check())
+				if (quest_timers.Check()) {
 					quest_manager.Process();
+				}
 
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/zone/zone.cpp b/zone/zone.cpp
index 8e51bae72..f4aade55c 100755
--- a/zone/zone.cpp
+++ b/zone/zone.cpp
@@ -683,31 +683,31 @@ bool Zone::IsLoaded() {
 	return is_zone_loaded;
 }
 
-void Zone::Shutdown(bool quite)
+void Zone::Shutdown(bool quiet)
 {
-	if (!is_zone_loaded)
+	if (!is_zone_loaded) {
 		return;
+	}
 
 	entity_list.StopMobAI();
 
-	std::map<uint32,NPCType *>::iterator itr;
-	while(!zone->npctable.empty()) {
-		itr=zone->npctable.begin();
+	std::map<uint32, NPCType *>::iterator itr;
+	while (!zone->npctable.empty()) {
+		itr = zone->npctable.begin();
 		delete itr->second;
 		zone->npctable.erase(itr);
 	}
 
-	while(!zone->merctable.empty()) {
-		itr=zone->merctable.begin();
+	while (!zone->merctable.empty()) {
+		itr = zone->merctable.begin();
 		delete itr->second;
 		zone->merctable.erase(itr);
 	}
 
 	zone->adventure_entry_list_flavor.clear();
 
-	std::map<uint32,LDoNTrapTemplate*>::iterator itr4;
-	while(!zone->ldon_trap_list.empty())
-	{
+	std::map<uint32, LDoNTrapTemplate *>::iterator itr4;
+	while (!zone->ldon_trap_list.empty()) {
 		itr4 = zone->ldon_trap_list.begin();
 		delete itr4->second;
 		zone->ldon_trap_list.erase(itr4);
@@ -717,8 +717,10 @@ void Zone::Shutdown(bool quite)
 	LogInfo("Zone Shutdown: [{}] ([{}])", zone->GetShortName(), zone->GetZoneID());
 	petition_list.ClearPetitions();
 	zone->SetZoneHasCurrentTime(false);
-	if (!quite)
-		LogInfo("Zone shutdown: going to sleep");
+	if (!quiet) {
+		LogInfo("Zone Shutdown: Going to sleep");
+	}
+
 	is_zone_loaded = false;
 
 	zone->ResetAuth();
@@ -728,6 +730,11 @@ void Zone::Shutdown(bool quite)
 	UpdateWindowTitle();
 
 	LogSys.CloseFileLogs();
+
+	if (RuleB(Zone, KillProcessOnDynamicShutdown)) {
+		LogInfo("[KillProcessOnDynamicShutdown] Shutting down");
+		std::exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+	}
 }
 
 void Zone::LoadZoneDoors(const char* zone, int16 version)
diff --git a/zone/zone.h b/zone/zone.h
index c6da2642e..4ed017627 100755
--- a/zone/zone.h
+++ b/zone/zone.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class MobMovementManager;
 class Zone {
 public:
 	static bool Bootup(uint32 iZoneID, uint32 iInstanceID, bool iStaticZone = false);
-	static void Shutdown(bool quite = false);
+	static void Shutdown(bool quiet = false);
 
 	Zone(uint32 in_zoneid, uint32 in_instanceid, const char *in_short_name);
 	~Zone();