diff --git a/demo/docker-compose.yml b/demo/docker-compose.yml
index 2ce414b..be10f67 100644
--- a/demo/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/demo/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ services:
       - OPENMRS_URL=http://openmrs:8080/openmrs
       - OPENMRS_USER=${OPENMRS_USER}
       - OPENMRS_PASSWORD=${OPENMRS_PASSWORD}
+      - ENABLE_SHUTDOWN_ENDPOINT=true
     volumes:
       - "${EIP_DEMO_DATA_CONFIG_PATH:-./eip/config}:/eip-client/config"
       - "${EIP_DEMO_DATA_ROUTES_PATH:-./eip/routes}:/eip-client/routes"
diff --git a/demo/eip/routes/generate-demo-data-route.xml b/demo/eip/routes/generate-demo-data-route.xml
index c658758..9a4db4c 100644
--- a/demo/eip/routes/generate-demo-data-route.xml
+++ b/demo/eip/routes/generate-demo-data-route.xml
@@ -23,5 +23,16 @@
         </setBody>
 
         <toD cacheSize="-1" uri="{{openmrs.baseUrl}}/ws/rest/v1/referencedemodata/generate"/>
+
+
+        <setHeader name="CamelHttpMethod">
+            <constant>POST</constant>
+        </setHeader>
+        <setHeader name="Content-Type">
+            <constant>application/json</constant>
+        </setHeader>
+
+        <!-- Hit the Spring Boot server's actuator endpoint to shut down the server after generating demo data -->
+        <to uri="http://localhost:8080/actuator/shutdown" />
     </route>
 </routes>