diff --git a/src/rai/rai/apps/spatial_temporal_navigation/spatial_temporal_navigation.py b/src/rai/rai/apps/spatial_temporal_navigation/spatial_temporal_navigation.py
index 4250e3a8..e7a77c16 100644
--- a/src/rai/rai/apps/spatial_temporal_navigation/spatial_temporal_navigation.py
+++ b/src/rai/rai/apps/spatial_temporal_navigation/spatial_temporal_navigation.py
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ def __init__(self, image_topic: str):
     def image_callback(self, msg: Image):
         self.image = msg
 
+    def shutdown(self):
+        self.destroy_node()
+
 
 def run_spatial_temporal_data_collection(
     image_topic: str,