diff --git a/light/2.0/default/android.hardware.light@2.0-service.rc b/light/2.0/default/android.hardware.light@2.0-service.rc
index fcc6468..897d4ee 100644
--- a/light/2.0/default/android.hardware.light@2.0-service.rc
+++ b/light/2.0/default/android.hardware.light@2.0-service.rc
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
     interface android.hardware.light@2.0::ILight default
     class hal
     user system
-    group system
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+    group system
+    # shutting off lights while powering-off
+    shutdown critical