diff --git a/hscontrol/app.go b/hscontrol/app.go
index e72aca2b..b8eb6f69 100644
--- a/hscontrol/app.go
+++ b/hscontrol/app.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var (
 
 const (
 	AuthPrefix         = "Bearer "
-	updateInterval     = 5000
+	updateInterval     = 5 * time.Second
 	privateKeyFileMode = 0o600
 	headscaleDirPerm   = 0o700
 
@@ -219,64 +219,75 @@ func (h *Headscale) redirect(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 
 // deleteExpireEphemeralNodes deletes ephemeral node records that have not been
 // seen for longer than h.cfg.EphemeralNodeInactivityTimeout.
-func (h *Headscale) deleteExpireEphemeralNodes(milliSeconds int64) {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(milliSeconds) * time.Millisecond)
+func (h *Headscale) deleteExpireEphemeralNodes(ctx context.Context, every time.Duration) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(every)
 
-	for range ticker.C {
-		var removed []types.NodeID
-		var changed []types.NodeID
-		if err := h.db.Write(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
-			removed, changed = db.DeleteExpiredEphemeralNodes(tx, h.cfg.EphemeralNodeInactivityTimeout)
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			ticker.Stop()
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			var removed []types.NodeID
+			var changed []types.NodeID
+			if err := h.db.Write(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
+				removed, changed = db.DeleteExpiredEphemeralNodes(tx, h.cfg.EphemeralNodeInactivityTimeout)
 
-			return nil
-		}); err != nil {
-			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("database error while expiring ephemeral nodes")
-			continue
-		}
+				return nil
+			}); err != nil {
+				log.Error().Err(err).Msg("database error while expiring ephemeral nodes")
+				continue
+			}
 
-		if removed != nil {
-			ctx := types.NotifyCtx(context.Background(), "expire-ephemeral", "na")
-			h.nodeNotifier.NotifyAll(ctx, types.StateUpdate{
-				Type:    types.StatePeerRemoved,
-				Removed: removed,
-			})
-		}
+			if removed != nil {
+				ctx := types.NotifyCtx(context.Background(), "expire-ephemeral", "na")
+				h.nodeNotifier.NotifyAll(ctx, types.StateUpdate{
+					Type:    types.StatePeerRemoved,
+					Removed: removed,
+				})
+			}
 
-		if changed != nil {
-			ctx := types.NotifyCtx(context.Background(), "expire-ephemeral", "na")
-			h.nodeNotifier.NotifyAll(ctx, types.StateUpdate{
-				Type:        types.StatePeerChanged,
-				ChangeNodes: changed,
-			})
+			if changed != nil {
+				ctx := types.NotifyCtx(context.Background(), "expire-ephemeral", "na")
+				h.nodeNotifier.NotifyAll(ctx, types.StateUpdate{
+					Type:        types.StatePeerChanged,
+					ChangeNodes: changed,
+				})
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-// expireExpiredMachines expires nodes that have an explicit expiry set
+// expireExpiredNodes expires nodes that have an explicit expiry set
 // after that expiry time has passed.
-func (h *Headscale) expireExpiredMachines(intervalMs int64) {
-	interval := time.Duration(intervalMs) * time.Millisecond
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)
+func (h *Headscale) expireExpiredNodes(ctx context.Context, every time.Duration) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(every)
 
 	lastCheck := time.Unix(0, 0)
 	var update types.StateUpdate
 	var changed bool
 
-	for range ticker.C {
-		if err := h.db.Write(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
-			lastCheck, update, changed = db.ExpireExpiredNodes(tx, lastCheck)
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			ticker.Stop()
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			if err := h.db.Write(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
+				lastCheck, update, changed = db.ExpireExpiredNodes(tx, lastCheck)
 
-			return nil
-		}); err != nil {
-			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("database error while expiring nodes")
-			continue
-		}
+				return nil
+			}); err != nil {
+				log.Error().Err(err).Msg("database error while expiring nodes")
+				continue
+			}
 
-		if changed {
-			log.Trace().Interface("nodes", update.ChangePatches).Msgf("expiring nodes")
+			if changed {
+				log.Trace().Interface("nodes", update.ChangePatches).Msgf("expiring nodes")
 
-			ctx := types.NotifyCtx(context.Background(), "expire-expired", "na")
-			h.nodeNotifier.NotifyAll(ctx, update)
+				ctx := types.NotifyCtx(context.Background(), "expire-expired", "na")
+				h.nodeNotifier.NotifyAll(ctx, update)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -538,10 +549,13 @@ func (h *Headscale) Serve() error {
 		return errEmptyInitialDERPMap
 	}
 
-	// TODO(kradalby): These should have cancel channels and be cleaned
-	// up on shutdown.
-	go h.deleteExpireEphemeralNodes(updateInterval)
-	go h.expireExpiredMachines(updateInterval)
+	expireEphemeralCtx, expireEphemeralCancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer expireEphemeralCancel()
+	go h.deleteExpireEphemeralNodes(expireEphemeralCtx, updateInterval)
+
+	expireNodeCtx, expireNodeCancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer expireNodeCancel()
+	go h.expireExpiredNodes(expireNodeCtx, updateInterval)
 
 	if zl.GlobalLevel() == zl.TraceLevel {
 		zerolog.RespLog = true
@@ -805,6 +819,9 @@ func (h *Headscale) Serve() error {
 					Str("signal", sig.String()).
 					Msg("Received signal to stop, shutting down gracefully")
 
+				expireNodeCancel()
+				expireEphemeralCancel()
+
 				trace("closing map sessions")
 				wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 				for _, mapSess := range h.mapSessions {