Hello Dimitris, Thank you for the great suggestion. I tried it and worked, the only change needed was to set BarrierEnabledOnStartup to true. Now when I shutdown JBoss with shutdown script my code is working perfectly as the notification send just the moment the server begins shutdown action. The problem now is when the shutdown is activated through Ctrl + C the same problem occurs. I guess the "org.jboss.system.server.stopped" notification is not broad casted in this case. I am using JBoss 4.0.3SP1, but still the notification is not send when Shutdown is initiated using Ctrl + C. I saw a related issue in JIRA-2300(http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-2300). How can I ensure safe clean up during JBoss shutdown using Ctrl+C also? Regards Arun View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4096677#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...