diff --git a/src/backend/index.ts b/src/backend/index.ts
index 763d27e..6a2e593 100644
--- a/src/backend/index.ts
+++ b/src/backend/index.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ const server = app.listen(config.port, () => {
 let isShuttingDown = false;
 
 const gracefulShutdown = async (signal: string): Promise<void> => {
-  // Prevent multiple shutdown calls
   if (isShuttingDown) {
     logger.warn(`Shutdown already in progress, ignoring ${signal}`);
     return;
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ const gracefulShutdown = async (signal: string): Promise<void> => {
 
   logger.info(`Received ${signal}, shutting down gracefully`);
 
-  // Set a hard timeout for Docker (Docker default stop timeout is 10s)
+  // Set timeout slightly less than Docker's default (10s)
   const forceExitTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
     logger.error('Forced shutdown after timeout');
     process.exit(1);
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ const gracefulShutdown = async (signal: string): Promise<void> => {
     await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
       server.close(err => {
         if (err) {
-          logger.error('Error closing server', err);
           reject(err);
         } else {
           logger.info('Server closed successfully');
@@ -154,11 +152,10 @@ const gracefulShutdown = async (signal: string): Promise<void> => {
       });
     });
 
-    // Flush logs
+    // Flush logs before exit
     await logger.flush();
-    logger.info('Logs flushed successfully');
+    logger.info('Shutdown complete');
 
-    // Clean exit
     clearTimeout(forceExitTimeout);
     process.exit(0);
   } catch (error) {