diff --git a/production/mempool-kill-all b/production/mempool-kill-all
index b3f88c6da..adb56915b 100755
--- a/production/mempool-kill-all
+++ b/production/mempool-kill-all
@@ -20,5 +20,10 @@ for pid in `ps uaxww|grep warmer|grep zsh|awk '{print $2}'`;do
     kill $pid
 done
 
+# kill nginx cache heater scripts
+for pid in `ps uaxww|grep heater|grep zsh|awk '{print $2}'`;do
+    kill $pid
+done
+
 # always exit successfully despite above errors
 exit 0