diff --git a/cmd/reflector.go b/cmd/reflector.go
index 58c3f6f..3bb6b4e 100644
--- a/cmd/reflector.go
+++ b/cmd/reflector.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/db"
 	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/internal/metrics"
+	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/lite_db"
 	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/meta"
 	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/peer"
 	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/peer/http3"
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ func reflectorCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	metricsServer := metrics.NewServer(":"+strconv.Itoa(metricsPort), "/metrics")
 	metricsServer.Start()
 	defer metricsServer.Shutdown()
+	defer underlyingStore.Shutdown()
+	defer outerStore.Shutdown()
 
 	interruptChan := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(interruptChan, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
@@ -171,10 +174,16 @@ func wrapWithCache(s store.BlobStore) store.BlobStore {
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
+		localDb := new(lite_db.SQL)
+		localDb.TrackAccessTime = true
+		err = localDb.Connect("reflector:reflector@tcp(localhost:3306)/reflector")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		wrapped = store.NewCachingStore(
 			"reflector",
 			wrapped,
-			store.NewLFUDAStore("hdd", store.NewDiskStore(diskCachePath, 2), realCacheSize),
+			store.NewLiteDBBackedStore("hdd", store.NewDiskStore(diskCachePath, 2), localDb, int(realCacheSize)),
 		)
 	}
 
diff --git a/lite_db/db.go b/lite_db/db.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6be9837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lite_db/db.go
@@ -0,0 +1,348 @@
+package lite_db
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/v2/extras/errors"
+	qt "github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/v2/extras/query"
+
+	"github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
+	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql" // blank import for db driver ensures its imported even if its not used
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/volatiletech/null"
+)
+
+// SdBlob is a special blob that contains information on the rest of the blobs in the stream
+type SdBlob struct {
+	StreamName string `json:"stream_name"`
+	Blobs      []struct {
+		Length   int    `json:"length"`
+		BlobNum  int    `json:"blob_num"`
+		BlobHash string `json:"blob_hash,omitempty"`
+		IV       string `json:"iv"`
+	} `json:"blobs"`
+	StreamType        string `json:"stream_type"`
+	Key               string `json:"key"`
+	SuggestedFileName string `json:"suggested_file_name"`
+	StreamHash        string `json:"stream_hash"`
+}
+
+// SQL implements the DB interface
+type SQL struct {
+	conn *sql.DB
+
+	TrackAccessTime bool
+}
+
+func logQuery(query string, args ...interface{}) {
+	s, err := qt.InterpolateParams(query, args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorln(err)
+	} else {
+		log.Debugln(s)
+	}
+}
+
+// Connect will create a connection to the database
+func (s *SQL) Connect(dsn string) error {
+	var err error
+	// interpolateParams is necessary. otherwise uploading a stream with thousands of blobs
+	// will hit MySQL's max_prepared_stmt_count limit because the prepared statements are all
+	// opened inside a transaction. closing them manually doesn't seem to help
+	dsn += "?parseTime=1&collation=utf8mb4_unicode_ci&interpolateParams=1"
+	s.conn, err = sql.Open("mysql", dsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Err(err)
+	}
+
+	s.conn.SetMaxIdleConns(12)
+
+	return errors.Err(s.conn.Ping())
+}
+
+// AddBlob adds a blob to the database.
+func (s *SQL) AddBlob(hash string, length int) error {
+	if s.conn == nil {
+		return errors.Err("not connected")
+	}
+
+	_, err := s.insertBlob(hash, length)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (s *SQL) insertBlob(hash string, length int) (int64, error) {
+	if length <= 0 {
+		return 0, errors.Err("length must be positive")
+	}
+	const isStored = true
+	now := time.Now()
+	args := []interface{}{hash, isStored, length, now}
+	blobID, err := s.exec(
+		"INSERT INTO blob_ (hash, is_stored, length, last_accessed_at) VALUES ("+qt.Qs(len(args))+") ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE is_stored = (is_stored or VALUES(is_stored)), last_accessed_at=VALUES(last_accessed_at)",
+		args...,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	if blobID == 0 {
+		err = s.conn.QueryRow("SELECT id FROM blob_ WHERE hash = ?", hash).Scan(&blobID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, errors.Err(err)
+		}
+		if blobID == 0 {
+			return 0, errors.Err("blob ID is 0 even after INSERTing and SELECTing")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return blobID, nil
+}
+
+// HasBlob checks if the database contains the blob information.
+func (s *SQL) HasBlob(hash string) (bool, error) {
+	exists, err := s.HasBlobs([]string{hash})
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return exists[hash], nil
+}
+
+// HasBlobs checks if the database contains the set of blobs and returns a bool map.
+func (s *SQL) HasBlobs(hashes []string) (map[string]bool, error) {
+	exists, streamsNeedingTouch, err := s.hasBlobs(hashes)
+	s.touch(streamsNeedingTouch)
+	return exists, err
+}
+
+func (s *SQL) touch(blobIDs []uint64) error {
+	if len(blobIDs) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	query := "UPDATE blob_ SET last_accessed_at = ? WHERE id IN (" + qt.Qs(len(blobIDs)) + ")"
+	args := make([]interface{}, len(blobIDs)+1)
+	args[0] = time.Now()
+	for i := range blobIDs {
+		args[i+1] = blobIDs[i]
+	}
+
+	startTime := time.Now()
+	_, err := s.exec(query, args...)
+	log.Debugf("blobs access query touched %d blobs and took %s", len(blobIDs), time.Since(startTime))
+	return errors.Err(err)
+}
+
+func (s *SQL) hasBlobs(hashes []string) (map[string]bool, []uint64, error) {
+	if s.conn == nil {
+		return nil, nil, errors.Err("not connected")
+	}
+
+	var (
+		hash           string
+		blobID         uint64
+		lastAccessedAt null.Time
+	)
+
+	var needsTouch []uint64
+	exists := make(map[string]bool)
+
+	touchDeadline := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -1) // touch blob if last accessed before this time
+	maxBatchSize := 10000
+	doneIndex := 0
+
+	for len(hashes) > doneIndex {
+		sliceEnd := doneIndex + maxBatchSize
+		if sliceEnd > len(hashes) {
+			sliceEnd = len(hashes)
+		}
+		log.Debugf("getting hashes[%d:%d] of %d", doneIndex, sliceEnd, len(hashes))
+		batch := hashes[doneIndex:sliceEnd]
+
+		// TODO: this query doesn't work for SD blobs, which are not in the stream_blob table
+
+		query := `SELECT hash, id, last_accessed_at
+FROM blob_ 
+WHERE is_stored = ? and hash IN (` + qt.Qs(len(batch)) + `)`
+		args := make([]interface{}, len(batch)+1)
+		args[0] = true
+		for i := range batch {
+			args[i+1] = batch[i]
+		}
+
+		logQuery(query, args...)
+
+		err := func() error {
+			startTime := time.Now()
+			rows, err := s.conn.Query(query, args...)
+			log.Debugf("hashes query took %s", time.Since(startTime))
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Err(err)
+			}
+			defer closeRows(rows)
+
+			for rows.Next() {
+				err := rows.Scan(&hash, &blobID, &lastAccessedAt)
+				if err != nil {
+					return errors.Err(err)
+				}
+				exists[hash] = true
+				if s.TrackAccessTime && (!lastAccessedAt.Valid || lastAccessedAt.Time.Before(touchDeadline)) {
+					needsTouch = append(needsTouch, blobID)
+				}
+			}
+
+			err = rows.Err()
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Err(err)
+			}
+
+			doneIndex += len(batch)
+			return nil
+		}()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return exists, needsTouch, nil
+}
+
+// Delete will remove the blob from the db
+func (s *SQL) Delete(hash string) error {
+	_, err := s.exec("UPDATE blob_ set is_stored = ? WHERE hash = ?", 0, hash)
+	return errors.Err(err)
+}
+
+// AddSDBlob insert the SD blob and all the content blobs. The content blobs are marked as "not stored",
+// but they are tracked so reflector knows what it is missing.
+func (s *SQL) AddSDBlob(sdHash string, sdBlobLength int) error {
+	if s.conn == nil {
+		return errors.Err("not connected")
+	}
+
+	_, err := s.insertBlob(sdHash, sdBlobLength)
+	return err
+}
+
+// GetHashRange gets the smallest and biggest hashes in the db
+func (s *SQL) GetLRUBlobs(maxBlobs int) ([]string, error) {
+	if s.conn == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Err("not connected")
+	}
+
+	query := "SELECT hash from blob_ where is_stored = ? order by last_accessed_at limit ?"
+	const isStored = true
+	logQuery(query, isStored, maxBlobs)
+	rows, err := s.conn.Query(query, isStored, maxBlobs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Err(err)
+	}
+	defer closeRows(rows)
+	blobs := make([]string, 0, maxBlobs)
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var hash string
+		err := rows.Scan(&hash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Err(err)
+		}
+		blobs = append(blobs, hash)
+	}
+	return blobs, nil
+}
+
+func (s *SQL) AllBlobs() ([]string, error) {
+	if s.conn == nil {
+		return nil, errors.Err("not connected")
+	}
+
+	query := "SELECT hash from blob_ where is_stored = ?" //TODO: maybe sorting them makes more sense?
+	const isStored = true
+	logQuery(query, isStored)
+	rows, err := s.conn.Query(query, isStored)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Err(err)
+	}
+	defer closeRows(rows)
+	totalBlobs, err := s.BlobsCount()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	blobs := make([]string, 0, totalBlobs)
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var hash string
+		err := rows.Scan(&hash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Err(err)
+		}
+		blobs = append(blobs, hash)
+	}
+	return blobs, nil
+}
+
+func (s *SQL) BlobsCount() (int, error) {
+	if s.conn == nil {
+		return 0, errors.Err("not connected")
+	}
+
+	query := "SELECT count(id) from blob_ where is_stored = ?" //TODO: maybe sorting them makes more sense?
+	const isStored = true
+	logQuery(query, isStored)
+	var count int
+	err := s.conn.QueryRow(query, isStored).Scan(&count)
+	return count, errors.Err(err)
+}
+
+func closeRows(rows *sql.Rows) {
+	if rows != nil {
+		err := rows.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error("error closing rows: ", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *SQL) exec(query string, args ...interface{}) (int64, error) {
+	logQuery(query, args...)
+	attempt, maxAttempts := 0, 3
+Retry:
+	attempt++
+	result, err := s.conn.Exec(query, args...)
+	if isLockTimeoutError(err) {
+		if attempt <= maxAttempts {
+			//Error 1205: Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction
+			goto Retry
+		}
+		err = errors.Prefix("Lock timeout for query "+query, err)
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Err(err)
+	}
+
+	lastID, err := result.LastInsertId()
+	return lastID, errors.Err(err)
+}
+
+func isLockTimeoutError(err error) bool {
+	e, ok := err.(*mysql.MySQLError)
+	return ok && e != nil && e.Number == 1205
+}
+
+/*  SQL schema
+
+in prod make sure you use latin1 or utf8 charset, NOT utf8mb4. that's a waste of space.
+
+CREATE TABLE `blob_` (
+  `id` bigint unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `hash` char(96) NOT NULL,
+  `is_stored` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+  `length` bigint unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
+  `last_accessed_at` datetime DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
+  UNIQUE KEY `id` (`id`),
+  UNIQUE KEY `blob_hash_idx` (`hash`),
+  KEY `blob_last_accessed_idx` (`last_accessed_at`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+
+*/
diff --git a/peer/http3/store.go b/peer/http3/store.go
index 76a58c1..b681443 100644
--- a/peer/http3/store.go
+++ b/peer/http3/store.go
@@ -91,3 +91,8 @@ func (p *Store) PutSD(hash string, blob stream.Blob) error {
 func (p *Store) Delete(hash string) error {
 	panic("http3Store cannot put or delete blobs")
 }
+
+// Delete is not supported
+func (p *Store) Shutdown() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/peer/store.go b/peer/store.go
index b8abedd..3ef9622 100644
--- a/peer/store.go
+++ b/peer/store.go
@@ -66,3 +66,8 @@ func (p *Store) PutSD(hash string, blob stream.Blob) error {
 func (p *Store) Delete(hash string) error {
 	panic("PeerStore cannot put or delete blobs")
 }
+
+// Delete is not supported
+func (p *Store) Shutdown() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/store/caching.go b/store/caching.go
index c8e7d45..53b692c 100644
--- a/store/caching.go
+++ b/store/caching.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (c *CachingStore) Get(hash string) (stream.Blob, error) {
 	go func() {
 		err = c.cache.Put(hash, blob)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("error saving blob to underlying cache: %s", err.Error())
+			log.Errorf("error saving blob to underlying cache: %s", errors.FullTrace(err))
 		}
 	}()
 	return blob, nil
@@ -100,3 +100,10 @@ func (c *CachingStore) Delete(hash string) error {
 	}
 	return c.cache.Delete(hash)
 }
+
+// Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
+func (c *CachingStore) Shutdown() {
+	c.origin.Shutdown()
+	c.cache.Shutdown()
+	return
+}
diff --git a/store/cloudfront_ro.go b/store/cloudfront_ro.go
index a914285..3dcffc0 100644
--- a/store/cloudfront_ro.go
+++ b/store/cloudfront_ro.go
@@ -103,3 +103,8 @@ func (c *CloudFrontROStore) PutSD(_ string, _ stream.Blob) error {
 func (c *CloudFrontROStore) Delete(_ string) error {
 	panic("CloudFrontROStore cannot do writes. Use CloudFrontRWStore")
 }
+
+// Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
+func (c *CloudFrontROStore) Shutdown() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/store/cloudfront_rw.go b/store/cloudfront_rw.go
index ee771da..6de64af 100644
--- a/store/cloudfront_rw.go
+++ b/store/cloudfront_rw.go
@@ -48,3 +48,10 @@ func (c *CloudFrontRWStore) PutSD(hash string, blob stream.Blob) error {
 func (c *CloudFrontRWStore) Delete(hash string) error {
 	return c.s3.Delete(hash)
 }
+
+// Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
+func (c *CloudFrontRWStore) Shutdown() {
+	c.s3.Shutdown()
+	c.cf.Shutdown()
+	return
+}
diff --git a/store/dbbacked.go b/store/dbbacked.go
index 25cc446..0ebaaed 100644
--- a/store/dbbacked.go
+++ b/store/dbbacked.go
@@ -193,3 +193,9 @@ func (d *DBBackedStore) initBlocked() error {
 
 	return err
 }
+
+// Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
+func (d *DBBackedStore) Shutdown() {
+	d.blobs.Shutdown()
+	return
+}
diff --git a/store/disk.go b/store/disk.go
index 2234971..03cc393 100644
--- a/store/disk.go
+++ b/store/disk.go
@@ -147,3 +147,8 @@ func (d *DiskStore) initOnce() error {
 	d.initialized = true
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
+func (d *DiskStore) Shutdown() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/store/lfuda.go b/store/lfuda.go
index cfdb155..0eb7296 100644
--- a/store/lfuda.go
+++ b/store/lfuda.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (l *LFUDAStore) loadExisting(store lister, maxItems int) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	logrus.Infof("read %d files from disk", len(existing))
+	logrus.Infof("read %d files from underlying store", len(existing))
 
 	added := 0
 	for _, h := range existing {
@@ -121,3 +121,8 @@ func (l *LFUDAStore) loadExisting(store lister, maxItems int) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
+func (l *LFUDAStore) Shutdown() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/store/litedbbacked.go b/store/litedbbacked.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93790d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/store/litedbbacked.go
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/v2/extras/stop"
+	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/db"
+	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/internal/metrics"
+	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/lite_db"
+
+	"github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/v2/extras/errors"
+	"github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/v2/stream"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+// DBBackedStore is a store that's backed by a DB. The DB contains data about what's in the store.
+type LiteDBBackedStore struct {
+	blobs     BlobStore
+	db        *lite_db.SQL
+	maxItems  int
+	stopper   *stop.Stopper
+	component string
+}
+
+// NewDBBackedStore returns an initialized store pointer.
+func NewLiteDBBackedStore(component string, blobs BlobStore, db *lite_db.SQL, maxItems int) *LiteDBBackedStore {
+	instance := &LiteDBBackedStore{blobs: blobs, db: db, maxItems: maxItems, stopper: stop.New(), component: component}
+	go func() {
+		instance.selfClean()
+	}()
+	return instance
+}
+
+const nameLiteDBBacked = "lite-db-backed"
+
+// Name is the cache type name
+func (d *LiteDBBackedStore) Name() string { return nameDBBacked }
+
+// Has returns true if the blob is in the store
+func (d *LiteDBBackedStore) Has(hash string) (bool, error) {
+	return d.db.HasBlob(hash)
+}
+
+// Get gets the blob
+func (d *LiteDBBackedStore) Get(hash string) (stream.Blob, error) {
+	has, err := d.db.HasBlob(hash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !has {
+		return nil, ErrBlobNotFound
+	}
+	b, err := d.blobs.Get(hash)
+	if err != nil && errors.Is(err, ErrBlobNotFound) {
+		e2 := d.db.Delete(hash)
+		if e2 != nil {
+			log.Errorf("error while deleting blob from db: %s", errors.FullTrace(e2))
+		}
+		return b, err
+	}
+
+	return d.blobs.Get(hash)
+}
+
+// Put stores the blob in the S3 store and stores the blob information in the DB.
+func (d *LiteDBBackedStore) Put(hash string, blob stream.Blob) error {
+	err := d.blobs.Put(hash, blob)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return d.db.AddBlob(hash, len(blob))
+}
+
+// PutSD stores the SDBlob in the S3 store. It will return an error if the sd blob is missing the stream hash or if
+// there is an error storing the blob information in the DB.
+func (d *LiteDBBackedStore) PutSD(hash string, blob stream.Blob) error {
+	var blobContents db.SdBlob
+	err := json.Unmarshal(blob, &blobContents)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Err(err)
+	}
+	if blobContents.StreamHash == "" {
+		return errors.Err("sd blob is missing stream hash")
+	}
+
+	err = d.blobs.PutSD(hash, blob)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return d.db.AddSDBlob(hash, len(blob))
+}
+
+func (d *LiteDBBackedStore) Delete(hash string) error {
+	err := d.blobs.Delete(hash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return d.db.Delete(hash)
+}
+
+// list returns the hashes of blobs that already exist in the database
+func (d *LiteDBBackedStore) list() ([]string, error) {
+	blobs, err := d.db.AllBlobs()
+	return blobs, err
+}
+
+func (d *LiteDBBackedStore) selfClean() {
+	d.stopper.Add(1)
+	defer d.stopper.Done()
+	lastCleanup := time.Now()
+	const cleanupInterval = 10 * time.Second
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-d.stopper.Ch():
+			log.Infoln("stopping self cleanup")
+			return
+		default:
+			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+		}
+		if time.Since(lastCleanup) < cleanupInterval {
+			continue
+		}
+		blobsCount, err := d.db.BlobsCount()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf(errors.FullTrace(err))
+		}
+		if blobsCount >= d.maxItems {
+			itemsToDelete := blobsCount / 100 * 10
+			blobs, err := d.db.GetLRUBlobs(itemsToDelete)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorf(errors.FullTrace(err))
+			}
+			for _, hash := range blobs {
+				select {
+				case <-d.stopper.Ch():
+					return
+				default:
+
+				}
+				err = d.Delete(hash)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Errorf(errors.FullTrace(err))
+				}
+				metrics.CacheLRUEvictCount.With(metrics.CacheLabels(d.Name(), d.component)).Inc()
+			}
+		}
+		lastCleanup = time.Now()
+	}
+}
+
+// Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
+func (d *LiteDBBackedStore) Shutdown() {
+	d.stopper.StopAndWait()
+	return
+}
diff --git a/store/lru.go b/store/lru.go
index 071e2b9..ce0d83d 100644
--- a/store/lru.go
+++ b/store/lru.go
@@ -123,3 +123,8 @@ func (l *LRUStore) loadExisting(store lister, maxItems int) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
+func (l *LRUStore) Shutdown() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/store/memory.go b/store/memory.go
index f462a8d..62b93b6 100644
--- a/store/memory.go
+++ b/store/memory.go
@@ -71,3 +71,8 @@ func (m *MemStore) Debug() map[string]stream.Blob {
 	defer m.mu.RUnlock()
 	return m.blobs
 }
+
+// Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
+func (m *MemStore) Shutdown() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/store/noop.go b/store/noop.go
index 9e5d815..2792a0d 100644
--- a/store/noop.go
+++ b/store/noop.go
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ func (n *NoopStore) Get(_ string) (stream.Blob, error)   { return nil, nil }
 func (n *NoopStore) Put(_ string, _ stream.Blob) error   { return nil }
 func (n *NoopStore) PutSD(_ string, _ stream.Blob) error { return nil }
 func (n *NoopStore) Delete(_ string) error               { return nil }
+func (n *NoopStore) Shutdown()                           { return }
diff --git a/store/s3.go b/store/s3.go
index 53451be..02a23c5 100644
--- a/store/s3.go
+++ b/store/s3.go
@@ -158,3 +158,8 @@ func (s *S3Store) initOnce() error {
 	s.session = sess
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
+func (s *S3Store) Shutdown() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/store/singleflight.go b/store/singleflight.go
index cca1e2f..7d0139d 100644
--- a/store/singleflight.go
+++ b/store/singleflight.go
@@ -65,3 +65,9 @@ func (s *singleflightStore) getter(hash string) func() (interface{}, error) {
 		return blob, nil
 	}
 }
+
+// Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
+func (s *singleflightStore) Shutdown() {
+	s.BlobStore.Shutdown()
+	return
+}
diff --git a/store/store.go b/store/store.go
index 200ff61..36d388d 100644
--- a/store/store.go
+++ b/store/store.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ type BlobStore interface {
 	PutSD(hash string, blob stream.Blob) error
 	// Delete the blob from the store.
 	Delete(hash string) error
+	// Shutdown the store gracefully
+	Shutdown()
 }
 
 // Blocklister is a store that supports blocking blobs to prevent their inclusion in the store.