diff --git a/Tapeti.Cmd/Program.cs b/Tapeti.Cmd/Program.cs
index f1bd5fe..6862f78 100644
--- a/Tapeti.Cmd/Program.cs
+++ b/Tapeti.Cmd/Program.cs
@@ -120,6 +120,17 @@ namespace Tapeti.Cmd
         }
 
 
+        [Verb("purge", HelpText = "Removes all messages from a queue destructively.")]
+        public class PurgeOptions : CommonOptions
+        {
+            [Option('q', "queue", Required = true, HelpText = "The queue to purge.")]
+            public string QueueName { get; set; }
+
+            [Option("confirm", HelpText = "Confirms the purging of the specified queue. If not provided, an interactive prompt will ask for confirmation.", Default = false)]
+            public bool Confirm { get; set; }
+        }
+
+
         [Verb("example", HelpText = "Output an example SingleFileJSON formatted message.")]
         public class ExampleOptions
         {
@@ -129,11 +140,12 @@ namespace Tapeti.Cmd
 
         public static int Main(string[] args)
         {
-            return Parser.Default.ParseArguments<ExportOptions, ImportOptions, ShovelOptions, ExampleOptions>(args)
+            return Parser.Default.ParseArguments<ExportOptions, ImportOptions, ShovelOptions, PurgeOptions, ExampleOptions>(args)
                 .MapResult(
                     (ExportOptions o) => ExecuteVerb(o, RunExport),
                     (ImportOptions o) => ExecuteVerb(o, RunImport),
                     (ShovelOptions o) => ExecuteVerb(o, RunShovel),
+                    (PurgeOptions o) => ExecuteVerb(o, RunPurge),
                     (ExampleOptions o) => ExecuteVerb(o, RunExample),
                     errs =>
                     {
@@ -371,6 +383,30 @@ namespace Tapeti.Cmd
         }
 
 
+        private static void RunPurge(PurgeOptions options)
+        {
+            if (!options.Confirm)
+            {
+                Console.Write($"Do you want to purge the queue '{options.QueueName}'? (Y/N) ");
+                var answer = Console.ReadLine();
+
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(answer) || !answer.Equals("Y", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
+                    return;
+            }
+
+            uint messageCount;
+
+            using (var connection = GetConnection(options))
+            using (var channel = connection.CreateModel())
+            {
+                messageCount = channel.QueuePurge(options.QueueName);
+            }
+
+            Console.WriteLine($"{messageCount} message{(messageCount != 1 ? "s" : "")} purged from '{options.QueueName}'.");
+
+        }
+
+
         private static void RunExample(ExampleOptions options)
         {
             using (var messageSerializer = new SingleFileJSONMessageSerializer(Console.OpenStandardOutput(), false, new UTF8Encoding(false)))
diff --git a/Tapeti/Connection/TapetiConsumer.cs b/Tapeti/Connection/TapetiConsumer.cs
index 3ab9bb3..19fb870 100644
--- a/Tapeti/Connection/TapetiConsumer.cs
+++ b/Tapeti/Connection/TapetiConsumer.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
 using Tapeti.Config;
 using Tapeti.Default;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ namespace Tapeti.Connection
     /// </summary>
     internal class TapetiConsumer : IConsumer
     {
+        private readonly CancellationToken cancellationToken;
         private readonly ITapetiConfig config;
         private readonly string queueName;
         private readonly List<IBinding> bindings;
@@ -23,9 +25,9 @@ namespace Tapeti.Connection
         private readonly IMessageSerializer messageSerializer;
 
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public TapetiConsumer(ITapetiConfig config, string queueName, IEnumerable<IBinding> bindings)
+        public TapetiConsumer(CancellationToken cancellationToken, ITapetiConfig config, string queueName, IEnumerable<IBinding> bindings)
         {
+            this.cancellationToken = cancellationToken;
             this.config = config;
             this.queueName = queueName;
             this.bindings = bindings.ToList();
@@ -80,11 +82,8 @@ namespace Tapeti.Connection
             var messageType = message.GetType();
             var validMessageType = false;
 
-            foreach (var binding in bindings)
+            foreach (var binding in bindings.Where(binding => binding.Accept(messageType)))
             {
-                if (!binding.Accept(messageType)) 
-                    continue;
-
                 var consumeResult = await InvokeUsingBinding(message, messageContextData, binding);
                 validMessageType = true;
 
@@ -135,6 +134,13 @@ namespace Tapeti.Connection
 
         private void HandleException(ExceptionStrategyContext exceptionContext)
         {
+            if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested && IgnoreExceptionDuringShutdown(exceptionContext.Exception))
+            {
+                // The service is most likely stopping, and the connection is gone anyways.
+                exceptionContext.SetConsumeResult(ConsumeResult.Requeue);
+                return;
+            }
+
             try
             {
                 exceptionStrategy.HandleException(exceptionContext);
@@ -150,6 +156,22 @@ namespace Tapeti.Connection
         }
 
 
+        private static bool IgnoreExceptionDuringShutdown(Exception e)
+        {
+            switch (e)
+            {
+                case AggregateException aggregateException:
+                    return aggregateException.InnerExceptions.Any(IgnoreExceptionDuringShutdown);
+
+                case TaskCanceledException _:
+                case OperationCanceledException _:  // thrown by CancellationTokenSource.ThrowIfCancellationRequested
+                    return true;
+
+                default:
+                    return e.InnerException != null && IgnoreExceptionDuringShutdown(e.InnerException);
+            }
+        }
+
 
         private struct MessageContextData
         {
diff --git a/Tapeti/Connection/TapetiSubscriber.cs b/Tapeti/Connection/TapetiSubscriber.cs
index 9969ae0..34c08e1 100644
--- a/Tapeti/Connection/TapetiSubscriber.cs
+++ b/Tapeti/Connection/TapetiSubscriber.cs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ namespace Tapeti.Connection
             consumerTags.AddRange(await Task.WhenAll(queues.Select(async group =>
             {
                 var queueName = group.Key;
-                var consumer = new TapetiConsumer(config, queueName, group);
+                var consumer = new TapetiConsumer(cancellationToken, config, queueName, group);
 
                 return await clientFactory().Consume(cancellationToken, queueName, consumer);
             })));
diff --git a/Tapeti/Default/ControllerBindingContext.cs b/Tapeti/Default/ControllerBindingContext.cs
index f86dc36..8eb0150 100644
--- a/Tapeti/Default/ControllerBindingContext.cs
+++ b/Tapeti/Default/ControllerBindingContext.cs
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ namespace Tapeti.Default
         public bool HasHandler => Handler != null;
 
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
         public ControllerBindingResult(ParameterInfo info)
         {
             Info = info;
diff --git a/Tapeti/Default/ControllerMethodBinding.cs b/Tapeti/Default/ControllerMethodBinding.cs
index 4c334d8..1d52cb4 100644
--- a/Tapeti/Default/ControllerMethodBinding.cs
+++ b/Tapeti/Default/ControllerMethodBinding.cs
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ namespace Tapeti.Default
         public MethodInfo Method => bindingInfo.Method;
 
 
-        /// <inheritdoc />
         public ControllerMethodBinding(IDependencyResolver dependencyResolver, BindingInfo bindingInfo)
         {
             this.dependencyResolver = dependencyResolver;