diff --git a/Sources/tart/OCI/Registry.swift b/Sources/tart/OCI/Registry.swift
index e75b23a..3fc43e6 100644
--- a/Sources/tart/OCI/Registry.swift
+++ b/Sources/tart/OCI/Registry.swift
@@ -72,9 +72,13 @@ struct TokenResponse: Decodable {
   }
 }
 
-fileprivate let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .createNew)
-
 class Registry {
+  private let httpClient = HTTPClient(eventLoopGroupProvider: .createNew)
+  
+  deinit {
+    try! httpClient.syncShutdown()
+  }
+  
   var baseURL: URL
   var namespace: String