diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 45b8940..902be29 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ scaledev:
 serve:
 	poetry run  uvicorn papi.main:app 
 
+kill_server:
+	pgrep -f papi.*python | xargs kill -9
+
 .ONESHELL:
 dev_serve:
 	poetry run  uvicorn papi.main:app --reload