diff --git a/anax-in-container/script/agbot_start.sh b/anax-in-container/script/agbot_start.sh
index 8ece869d6..29c1dfa4d 100755
--- a/anax-in-container/script/agbot_start.sh
+++ b/anax-in-container/script/agbot_start.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,19 @@
 
 # Script to start agbot from inside the container
 
-if [ -z "$ANAX_LOG_LEVEL" ]; then
+if [ -z "${ANAX_LOG_LEVEL}" ]; then
 	ANAX_LOG_LEVEL=3
 fi
 
 /usr/bin/envsubst < /etc/horizon/anax.json.tmpl > /etc/horizon/anax.json
-/usr/horizon/bin/anax -v $ANAX_LOG_LEVEL -logtostderr -config /etc/horizon/anax.json
+/usr/horizon/bin/anax -v "${ANAX_LOG_LEVEL}" -logtostderr -config /etc/horizon/anax.json &
+ANAX_PID=$!
 
+# If we receive SIGTERM, forward it to anax to start graceful termination
+send_sigterm() {
+        kill "${ANAX_PID}" 2>/dev/null
+}
+trap send_sigterm TERM
+
+# Wait for anax termination
+wait "${ANAX_PID}"