diff --git a/veilid-cli/src/main.rs b/veilid-cli/src/main.rs
index 47d37431..e6c61087 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/veilid-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #![deny(clippy::all)]
+#![deny(unused_must_use)]
 
 use anyhow::*;
 use async_std::prelude::*;
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/lib.rs b/veilid-core/src/lib.rs
index 9df25b1b..d491180a 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #![deny(clippy::all)]
+#![deny(unused_must_use)]
 #![cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", no_std)]
 
 #[macro_use]
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/veilid_core.rs b/veilid-core/src/veilid_core.rs
index 6856a046..e1471ffb 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/veilid_core.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/veilid_core.rs
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ impl VeilidCore {
     // stop the node gracefully because the veilid api was dropped
     pub(crate) async fn shutdown(self) {
         let mut inner = self.inner.lock();
-        Self::internal_shutdown(&mut *inner);
+        Self::internal_shutdown(&mut *inner).await;
     }
 
     //
diff --git a/veilid-server/src/main.rs b/veilid-server/src/main.rs
index dad2eec5..52785164 100644
--- a/veilid-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/veilid-server/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 #![deny(clippy::all)]
+#![deny(unused_must_use)]
 
 mod client_api;
 mod settings;