diff --git a/src/api/server.controller.ts b/src/api/server.controller.ts
index 7e51c2cf..76db7a57 100644
--- a/src/api/server.controller.ts
+++ b/src/api/server.controller.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   EnvironmentQuery,
   ServerStatusResponse,
   StopRequest,
+  StopResponse,
 } from '@waha/structures/server.dto';
 import { VERSION } from '@waha/version';
 import * as lodash from 'lodash';
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ export class ServerController {
       'so you can use this endpoint to restart the server',
   })
   @UsePipes(new WAHAValidationPipe())
-  async stop(@Body() request: StopRequest) {
+  async stop(@Body() request: StopRequest): Promise<StopResponse> {
     const timeout = 1_000;
     if (request.force) {
       this.logger.log(`Force stopping the server in ${timeout}ms`);
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ export class ServerController {
         process.exit(0);
       }, timeout);
     }
+    return { stopping: true };
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/structures/server.dto.ts b/src/structures/server.dto.ts
index a923554d..46daade2 100644
--- a/src/structures/server.dto.ts
+++ b/src/structures/server.dto.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ export class StopRequest {
   force: boolean = false;
 }
 
+export class StopResponse {
+  @ApiProperty({
+    example: true,
+    description: "Always 'true' if the server is stopping.",
+  })
+  stopping: boolean = true;
+}
+
 export class ServerStatusResponse {
   @ApiProperty({
     example: 1723788847247,