diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index 09e3f1e..97ae6d4 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.
 This application is a tool to generate the needed files
 to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Println("init called")
 		verifyContainerRuntime()
 		pullImages()
 
diff --git a/cmd/start.go b/cmd/start.go
index 96a7073..63d143f 100644
--- a/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/start.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.
 This application is a tool to generate the needed files
 to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Println("start called")
 		runContianers()
 	},
 }
diff --git a/cmd/stop.go b/cmd/stop.go
index 1c3e3f5..99441b5 100644
--- a/cmd/stop.go
+++ b/cmd/stop.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-
+	"github.com/robertsandoval/ocp4-helpernode/utils"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.
 This application is a tool to generate the needed files
 to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Println("stop called")
+		fmt.Println("Stopping services")
+		stopContainers()
 	},
 }
 
@@ -49,3 +50,10 @@ func init() {
 	// is called directly, e.g.:
 	// stopCmd.Flags().BoolP("toggle", "t", false, "Help message for toggle")
 }
+
+func stopContainers() {
+	//MVP, just stop everything
+	for k, _ := range images {
+		utils.StopImage(k)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/utils/container.go b/utils/container.go
index 9619e3a..a880535 100644
--- a/utils/container.go
+++ b/utils/container.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ func PullImage(image string, version string){
 	cmd, err := exec.Command(containerRuntime, "pull", image + ":" + version).Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(cmd)
+		fmt.Println(err)
 	}
 
 }
@@ -26,7 +27,10 @@ func PullImage(image string, version string){
 func StartImage(image string, version string, encodedyaml string, containername string){
 
 	fmt.Println("Running: " + image)
-	//TODO Need to write the output for the image run
+	/* TODO:
+		- Need to write the output for the image run
+		- Check if the image is already running
+	*/
 	cmd, err := exec.Command(containerRuntime, "run", "-d", "--env=HELPERPOD_CONFIG_YAML=" + encodedyaml, "--net=host", "--name=helpernode-" + containername, image + ":" + version).Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
@@ -34,3 +38,26 @@ func StartImage(image string, version string, encodedyaml string, containername
 	}
 
 }
+
+//going to covert this to use the podman module in the future
+func StopImage(containername string){
+
+	fmt.Println("Stopping: helpernode-" + containername)
+	/* TODO:
+		- Need to write the output for the image run
+		- Check if service is already stopped
+	*/
+	// First, stop container
+	stopcmd, err := exec.Command(containerRuntime, "stop", "-i", "helpernode-" + containername).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		fmt.Println(stopcmd)
+	}
+	// Then, rm the container so we can reuse the name afterwards
+	rmcmd, err := exec.Command(containerRuntime, "rm", "-i", "--force", "helpernode-" + containername).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		fmt.Println(rmcmd)
+	}
+
+}