diff --git a/libsigner/src/events.rs b/libsigner/src/events.rs
index 009a741bf..1c29ec941 100644
--- a/libsigner/src/events.rs
+++ b/libsigner/src/events.rs
@@ -226,11 +226,15 @@ impl EventStopSignaler for SignerStopSignaler {
             // We need to send actual data to trigger the event receiver
             let body = "Yo. Shut this shit down!".to_string();
             let req = format!(
-                "POST /shutdown HTTP/1.1\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\n\r\n{}",
-                &body.len(),
+                "POST /shutdown HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\nContent-Type: text/plain\r\n\r\n{}",
+                self.local_addr,
+                body.len(),
                 body
             );
-            stream.write_all(req.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+            match stream.write_all(req.as_bytes()) {
+                Err(e) => error!("Failed to send shutdown request: {}", e),
+                _ => (),
+            };
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/libsigner/src/tests/mod.rs b/libsigner/src/tests/mod.rs
index b63203455..1d3e1f3cc 100644
--- a/libsigner/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/libsigner/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -135,7 +135,12 @@ fn test_simple_signer() {
 
             let ev = &thread_chunks[num_sent];
             let body = serde_json::to_string(ev).unwrap();
-            let req = format!("POST /stackerdb_chunks HTTP/1.1\r\nConnection: close\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\n\r\n{}", &body.len(), body);
+            let req = format!(
+                "POST /stackerdb_chunks HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\n\r\n{}",
+                endpoint,
+                &body.len(),
+                body
+            );
             debug!("Send:\n{}", &req);
 
             sock.write_all(req.as_bytes()).unwrap();
@@ -188,7 +193,10 @@ fn test_status_endpoint() {
                 return;
             }
         };
-        let req = "GET /status HTTP/1.1\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n";
+        let req = format!(
+            "GET /status HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n",
+            endpoint
+        );
 
         sock.write_all(req.as_bytes()).unwrap();
         let mut buf = [0; 128];