diff --git a/config/supervisord.conf b/config/supervisord.conf
index 8e9c4345..a2869136 100644
--- a/config/supervisord.conf
+++ b/config/supervisord.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ command=/bin/sh -c "\
     uv run python -m planoai.config_generator && \
     envsubst < /app/plano_config_rendered.yaml > /app/plano_config_rendered.env_sub.yaml && \
     envsubst < /etc/envoy/envoy.yaml > /etc/envoy.env_sub.yaml && \
-    touch /tmp/config_ready
+    touch /tmp/config_ready || \
+    (echo 'Config generation failed, shutting down'; kill -15 $(cat /var/run/supervisord.pid))"
 priority=10
 autorestart=false
 startsecs=0