diff --git a/dgbuilder/stop.sh b/dgbuilder/stop.sh
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dgbuilder/stop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+tbold=$(tput setf 3)
+bold=$(tput setf 2)
+bold1=$(tput setf 2)
+offbold=$(tput rmso;tput sgr0)
+
+function pad {
+        #echo "1 is $1 2 is $2"
+        if [ "$1" == "" ]
+        then
+                $1 = "";
+        fi
+        let count=0
+        curr_len=`expr length "$1"`
+        let space_length=$2-$curr_len
+        spaces=""
+        while [ $count -lt $space_length ]
+        do
+                spaces="$spaces "
+                let count=$count+1
+        done
+        echo "$1$spaces"
+}
+releaseDir=""
+if [ "$#" == "1" ]
+then
+	releaseDir="$1"
+fi
+
+if [ -e "releases/${releaseDir}/customSettings.js" ]
+then
+		port=$(cat releases/${releaseDir}/customSettings.js|grep uiPort|sed -e 's/[, ]//g'|cut -d: -f2)
+	kill $(cat releases/${releaseDir}/logs/process_pid  2>/dev/null) >/dev/null 2>&1
+	if [ "$?" != "0" ]
+	then
+		#kill only if its a node-red process
+		processPid=$(netstat -upltn 2>/dev/null|grep -w $port|awk '{print $NF}'|sed -e 's%/node-red%%g')
+		kill $processPid 2>/dev/null
+		echo "http://localhost:$port ---- STOPPED"
+		./show_status.sh|grep -w "${releaseDir}"
+	else
+		echo "http://localhost:$port ---- STOPPED"
+		./show_status.sh|grep -w "${releaseDir}"
+	fi
+else
+	if [ "$releaseDir" != "" ]
+	then
+		echo "Release Directory ${releaseDir} not setup.";
+	else
+		echo "Usage:$0 releaseDirName"
+	fi	
+fi