diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 205183456362d396db6a60e22f56085bb46846b3..de1a52c1b14b706616f0ae3fe41fcbd59690beb0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gobuffalo/packr/v2 v2.7.1
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.5
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.1
-	github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200504205557-790e3a7585f2
+	github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200507170830-a7c8444003b7
 	github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.14
 	github.com/labstack/echo v3.3.10+incompatible
 	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fc13947f55e6bc5a57f8e233540e98f443c48500..c93998e22259117fe15b60ede51883ac6636bea4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMyw
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0 h1:xsAVV57WRhGj6kEIi8ReJzQlHHqcBYCElAvkovg3B/4=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
-github.com/google/open-location-code/go v0.0.0-20190903173953-119bc96a3a51/go.mod h1:eJfRN6aj+kR/rnua/rw9jAgYhqoMHldQkdTi+sePRKk=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1 h1:EGx4pi6eqNxGaHF6qqu48+N2wcFQ5qg5FXgOdqsJ5d8=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1/go.mod h1:wJfORRmW1u3UXTncJ5qlYoELFm8eSnnEO6hX4iZ3EWY=
@@ -145,8 +144,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:E5yfLk+7swimpb2L/Alb/PJmXilQ/rhwaUYs4T
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0 h1:nfCOvKYfkgYP8hkirhJocXT2+zOD8yUNjXaWfTlyFKI=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
-github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200504205557-790e3a7585f2 h1:vDcNUncyinum1ly5FJPJfYNPZczeo5OLuEpoDu+mxks=
-github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200504205557-790e3a7585f2/go.mod h1:HgYsLMzyQV+eaiUrxa1c7qvH9Jwi2ncycqtlw+Lczhs=
+github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200507170830-a7c8444003b7 h1:YCyrS5Vatx+4+2uegXwPFich40TmI9qfwvQGNBVCduE=
+github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200507170830-a7c8444003b7/go.mod h1:HgYsLMzyQV+eaiUrxa1c7qvH9Jwi2ncycqtlw+Lczhs=
 github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.9/go.mod h1:F6WBmYd98mVjAmmPVYhnxg8NNIWCjjH8VWT9qvv3Rc8=
 github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.14 h1:Oeb28MfBuJEeXcGrLhTCJFtbsnc8y1u7xidsAmiOD5A=
 github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.14/go.mod h1:F6WBmYd98mVjAmmPVYhnxg8NNIWCjjH8VWT9qvv3Rc8=
diff --git a/plugins/gracefulshutdown/plugin.go b/plugins/gracefulshutdown/plugin.go
index ac57b2b5b324ad0025601b24a2aae42b39c3470d..fd6c5b3fdcdf5b5a984ec6052db6751ffddd31c5 100644
--- a/plugins/gracefulshutdown/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/gracefulshutdown/plugin.go
@@ -17,14 +17,15 @@ const PluginName = "Graceful Shutdown"
 
 // WaitToKillTimeInSeconds is the maximum amount of time to wait for background processes to terminate.
 // After that the process is killed.
-const WaitToKillTimeInSeconds = 10
+const WaitToKillTimeInSeconds = 60
 
 var log *logger.Logger
+var gracefulStop chan os.Signal
 
 // Plugin is the plugin instance of the graceful shutdown plugin.
 var Plugin = node.NewPlugin(PluginName, node.Enabled, func(plugin *node.Plugin) {
 	log = logger.NewLogger(PluginName)
-	gracefulStop := make(chan os.Signal)
+	gracefulStop = make(chan os.Signal)
 
 	signal.Notify(gracefulStop, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	signal.Notify(gracefulStop, syscall.SIGINT)
@@ -56,3 +57,9 @@ var Plugin = node.NewPlugin(PluginName, node.Enabled, func(plugin *node.Plugin)
 		daemon.Shutdown()
 	}()
 })
+
+// ShutdownWithError prints out an error message and shuts down the default daemon instance.
+func ShutdownWithError(err error) {
+	log.Error(err)
+	gracefulStop <- syscall.SIGINT
+}
diff --git a/tools/integration-tests/tester/go.mod b/tools/integration-tests/tester/go.mod
index 188087ae659157009da36fd7d3a7809db7cc039e..fe16ed3afa3e204ed8bc6002614ff295a302b4ab 100644
--- a/tools/integration-tests/tester/go.mod
+++ b/tools/integration-tests/tester/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer v0.1.3
-	github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200504205557-790e3a7585f2
+	github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200507170830-a7c8444003b7
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0-rc1 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1
 )
diff --git a/tools/integration-tests/tester/go.sum b/tools/integration-tests/tester/go.sum
index 132fe7409fbaf7f454af63d1ce2de7f5dbe6ea96..25fd20849eb5133d216e791f188fc386e3cee340 100644
--- a/tools/integration-tests/tester/go.sum
+++ b/tools/integration-tests/tester/go.sum
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMyw
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0 h1:xsAVV57WRhGj6kEIi8ReJzQlHHqcBYCElAvkovg3B/4=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
-github.com/google/open-location-code/go v0.0.0-20190903173953-119bc96a3a51/go.mod h1:eJfRN6aj+kR/rnua/rw9jAgYhqoMHldQkdTi+sePRKk=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1 h1:EGx4pi6eqNxGaHF6qqu48+N2wcFQ5qg5FXgOdqsJ5d8=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1/go.mod h1:wJfORRmW1u3UXTncJ5qlYoELFm8eSnnEO6hX4iZ3EWY=
@@ -139,8 +138,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 h1:0Anlzjpi4vEasTeNFn2mLJgTSwt0+6sfsiTG8qcWGx4=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:E5yfLk+7swimpb2L/Alb/PJmXilQ/rhwaUYs4T20WEQ=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
-github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200504205557-790e3a7585f2 h1:vDcNUncyinum1ly5FJPJfYNPZczeo5OLuEpoDu+mxks=
-github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200504205557-790e3a7585f2/go.mod h1:HgYsLMzyQV+eaiUrxa1c7qvH9Jwi2ncycqtlw+Lczhs=
+github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200507170830-a7c8444003b7 h1:YCyrS5Vatx+4+2uegXwPFich40TmI9qfwvQGNBVCduE=
+github.com/iotaledger/hive.go v0.0.0-20200507170830-a7c8444003b7/go.mod h1:HgYsLMzyQV+eaiUrxa1c7qvH9Jwi2ncycqtlw+Lczhs=
 github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.9/go.mod h1:F6WBmYd98mVjAmmPVYhnxg8NNIWCjjH8VWT9qvv3Rc8=
 github.com/iotaledger/iota.go v1.0.0-beta.14/go.mod h1:F6WBmYd98mVjAmmPVYhnxg8NNIWCjjH8VWT9qvv3Rc8=
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99/go.mod h1:1lJo3i6rXxKeerYnT8Nvf0QmHCRC1n8sfWVwXF2Frvo=