diff --git a/driver/src/main/java/org/kaazing/k3po/driver/internal/netty/bootstrap/http/HttpBootstrapFactorySpi.java b/driver/src/main/java/org/kaazing/k3po/driver/internal/netty/bootstrap/http/HttpBootstrapFactorySpi.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/driver/src/main/java/org/kaazing/k3po/driver/internal/netty/bootstrap/http/HttpBootstrapFactorySpi.java
+++ b/driver/src/main/java/org/kaazing/k3po/driver/internal/netty/bootstrap/http/HttpBootstrapFactorySpi.java
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ public class HttpBootstrapFactorySpi extends BootstrapFactorySpi {
 
     @Override
     public void shutdown() {
-        // ignore
+        serverChannelFactory.shutdown();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void releaseExternalResources() {
-        // ignore
+        serverChannelFactory.releaseExternalResources();
     }
 }
Not sure why shutdown and release external resources was ignored on http, I've added logic to shut them down