diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/socket/ARSnovaSocketIOServer.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/socket/ARSnovaSocketIOServer.java
index 07460db4e7cdd6037277e84c49df6da0fbe60e55..3dfe7e15eb0a77cc547619d325314f1810fa0163 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/socket/ARSnovaSocketIOServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/socket/ARSnovaSocketIOServer.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public class ARSnovaSocketIOServer {
 		for (SocketIOClient c : server.getAllClients()) {
 			c.disconnect();
 		}
+		server.stop();
 	}
 
 	public void startServer() throws Exception {