diff --git a/rates/rates.go b/rates/rates.go
index b88b8c993..dbc89ee91 100644
--- a/rates/rates.go
+++ b/rates/rates.go
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ func (rS *RateS) ListenAndServe(stopChan, cfgRld chan struct{}) {
 }
 
 // Shutdown is called to shutdown the service
-func (rS *RateS) Shutdown() {
+func (rS *RateS) Shutdown() (err error) {
 	utils.Logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("<%s> shutdown <%s>", utils.CoreS, utils.RateS))
+	return
 }
 
 // Call implements rpcclient.ClientConnector interface for internal RPC