diff --git a/src/engine/client/client.cpp b/src/engine/client/client.cpp
index 8f276cca8..4e6193757 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/client.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/client/client.cpp
@@ -3049,19 +3049,6 @@ void CClient::Run()
 		g_UuidManager.DebugDump();
 	}
 
-	// init SDL
-	{
-		if(SDL_Init(0) < 0)
-		{
-			dbg_msg("client", "unable to init SDL base: %s", SDL_GetError());
-			return;
-		}
-
-#ifndef CONF_PLATFORM_ANDROID
-		atexit(SDL_Quit);
-#endif
-	}
-
 	// init graphics
 	{
 		m_pGraphics = CreateEngineGraphicsThreaded();
@@ -3492,11 +3479,6 @@ void CClient::Run()
 		m_aNetClient[i].Close();
 
 	delete m_pEditor;
-	m_pInput->Shutdown();
-	m_pGraphics->Shutdown();
-
-	// shutdown SDL
-	SDL_Quit();
 }
 
 bool CClient::CtrlShiftKey(int Key, bool &Last)
@@ -4788,6 +4770,17 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+	// init SDL
+	if(SDL_Init(0) < 0)
+	{
+		dbg_msg("client", "unable to init SDL base: %s", SDL_GetError());
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+#ifndef CONF_PLATFORM_ANDROID
+	atexit(SDL_Quit);
+#endif
+
 	// run the client
 	dbg_msg("client", "starting...");
 	pClient->Run();
@@ -4806,8 +4799,12 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 		shell_execute(pStorage->GetBinaryPath(PLAT_CLIENT_EXEC, aBuf, sizeof aBuf));
 	}
 
+	pKernel->Shutdown();
 	delete pKernel;
 
+	// shutdown SDL
+	SDL_Quit();
+
 #ifdef CONF_PLATFORM_ANDROID
 	// properly close this native thread, so globals are destructed
 	std::exit(0);
diff --git a/src/engine/client/sound.cpp b/src/engine/client/sound.cpp
index 617316df9..28bc3c0d7 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/sound.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/client/sound.cpp
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ int CSound::Update()
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int CSound::Shutdown()
+void CSound::Shutdown()
 {
 	for(unsigned SampleID = 0; SampleID < NUM_SAMPLES; SampleID++)
 	{
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ int CSound::Shutdown()
 	SDL_QuitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_AUDIO);
 	free(m_pMixBuffer);
 	m_pMixBuffer = 0;
-	return 0;
 }
 
 int CSound::AllocID()
diff --git a/src/engine/client/sound.h b/src/engine/client/sound.h
index c259bdde0..d082bca22 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/sound.h
+++ b/src/engine/client/sound.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class CSound : public IEngineSound
 public:
 	int Init() override;
 	int Update() override;
-	int Shutdown() override;
+	void Shutdown() override;
 
 	bool IsSoundEnabled() override { return m_SoundEnabled; }
 
diff --git a/src/engine/graphics.h b/src/engine/graphics.h
index 9f0e6d68f..01fccce7f 100644
--- a/src/engine/graphics.h
+++ b/src/engine/graphics.h
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ class IEngineGraphics : public IGraphics
 	MACRO_INTERFACE("enginegraphics", 0)
 public:
 	virtual int Init() = 0;
-	virtual void Shutdown() = 0;
+	virtual void Shutdown() override = 0;
 
 	virtual void Minimize() = 0;
 	virtual void Maximize() = 0;
diff --git a/src/engine/input.h b/src/engine/input.h
index 546a6a502..0368e7306 100644
--- a/src/engine/input.h
+++ b/src/engine/input.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class IEngineInput : public IInput
 	MACRO_INTERFACE("engineinput", 0)
 public:
 	virtual void Init() = 0;
-	virtual void Shutdown() = 0;
+	virtual void Shutdown() override = 0;
 	virtual int Update() = 0;
 	virtual int VideoRestartNeeded() = 0;
 };
diff --git a/src/engine/kernel.h b/src/engine/kernel.h
index 37d23836f..400a4167b 100644
--- a/src/engine/kernel.h
+++ b/src/engine/kernel.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ protected:
 public:
 	IInterface() :
 		m_pKernel(nullptr) {}
+	virtual void Shutdown() {}
 	virtual ~IInterface() {}
 };
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ class IKernel
 
 public:
 	static IKernel *Create();
+	virtual void Shutdown() = 0;
 	virtual ~IKernel() {}
 
 	// templated access to handle pointer conversions and interface names
diff --git a/src/engine/shared/kernel.cpp b/src/engine/shared/kernel.cpp
index 00e3e8357..7737c7823 100644
--- a/src/engine/shared/kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/shared/kernel.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ public:
 		m_NumInterfaces = 0;
 	}
 
+	void Shutdown() override
+	{
+		for(int i = m_NumInterfaces - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+		{
+			if(m_aInterfaces[i].m_AutoDestroy)
+				m_aInterfaces[i].m_pInterface->Shutdown();
+		}
+	}
+
 	virtual ~CKernel()
 	{
 		// delete interfaces in reverse order just the way it would happen to objects on the stack
diff --git a/src/engine/sound.h b/src/engine/sound.h
index 559abaa23..79a73cdbd 100644
--- a/src/engine/sound.h
+++ b/src/engine/sound.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class IEngineSound : public ISound
 public:
 	virtual int Init() = 0;
 	virtual int Update() = 0;
-	virtual int Shutdown() = 0;
+	virtual void Shutdown() override = 0;
 };
 
 extern IEngineSound *CreateEngineSound();