diff --git a/apps/remote_control/lib/lexical/remote_control/application.ex b/apps/remote_control/lib/lexical/remote_control/application.ex
index 907fc43d4..d02edf4b8 100644
--- a/apps/remote_control/lib/lexical/remote_control/application.ex
+++ b/apps/remote_control/lib/lexical/remote_control/application.ex
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ defmodule Lexical.RemoteControl.Application do
     children =
       if RemoteControl.project_node?() do
         [
+          RemoteControl.ManagerNodeMonitor,
           RemoteControl.Api.Proxy,
           RemoteControl.Commands.Reindex,
           RemoteControl.Module.Loader,
diff --git a/apps/remote_control/lib/lexical/remote_control/manager_node_monitor.ex b/apps/remote_control/lib/lexical/remote_control/manager_node_monitor.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..737e69b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/remote_control/lib/lexical/remote_control/manager_node_monitor.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+defmodule Lexical.RemoteControl.ManagerNodeMonitor do
+  @moduledoc """
+  A node monitor that monitors the manager node for this project, and shuts down
+  the system if that node dies.
+  """
+  use GenServer
+  require Logger
+
+  def start_link(_) do
+    GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, nil, name: __MODULE__)
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def init(_) do
+    case fetch_manager_node() do
+      {:ok, manager_node} ->
+        Node.monitor(manager_node, true)
+        {:ok, manager_node}
+
+      :error ->
+        Logger.warning("Could not determine manager node for monitoring.")
+        :ignore
+    end
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_info({:nodedown, _}, state) do
+    spawn(fn -> System.stop() end)
+    {:noreply, state}
+  end
+
+  defp fetch_manager_node do
+    Enum.find_value(Node.list(), :error, fn node_name ->
+      string_name = Atom.to_string(node_name)
+
+      if String.starts_with?(string_name, "manager-") do
+        {:ok, node_name}
+      else
+        false
+      end
+    end)
+  end
+end