diff --git a/electron/install.js b/electron/install.js
index 1d32a235..158918c4 100644
--- a/electron/install.js
+++ b/electron/install.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const { BrewScript } = require('./scripts');
  * - use "" (nothing as a suffix) for latest release candidate, for example "0.1.0rc26"
  * - use "alpha" for alpha release, for example "0.1.0rc26-alpha"
  */
-const OlasMiddlewareVersion = '0.1.0rc47';
+const OlasMiddlewareVersion = '0.1.0rc50';
 const OperateDirectory = `${os.homedir()}/.operate`;
 const VenvDir = `${OperateDirectory}/venv`;
 const TempDir = `${OperateDirectory}/temp`;
diff --git a/operate/cli.py b/operate/cli.py
index 821fa88a..64a7bfd2 100644
--- a/operate/cli.py
+++ b/operate/cli.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 from operate.account.user import UserAccount
 from operate.constants import KEY, KEYS, OPERATE, SERVICES
 from operate.ledger import get_ledger_type_from_chain_type
-from operate.types import ChainType
+from operate.types import ChainType, DeploymentStatus
 from operate.wallet.master import MasterWalletManager
 
 
@@ -179,6 +179,25 @@ def cancel_funding_job(service: str) -> None:
         if not status:
             logger.info(f"Funding job cancellation for {service} failed")
 
+    def pause_all_services_on_startup():
+        logger.info(f"stopping services on startup")
+        services = [i["hash"] for i in operate.service_manager().json]
+
+        for service in services:
+            if not operate.service_manager().exists(service=service):
+                continue
+            deployment = operate.service_manager().create_or_load(service).deployment
+            if deployment.status == DeploymentStatus.DELETED:
+                continue
+            logger.info(f"stopping service {service}")
+            deployment.stop(force=True)
+            logger.info(f"Cancelling funding job for {service}")
+            cancel_funding_job(service=service)
+        logger.info(f"stopping services on startup: done")
+
+    # on backend app started we assume there are now started agents, so we force to pause all
+    pause_all_services_on_startup()
+
     app = FastAPI()
 
     app.add_middleware(
diff --git a/operate/services/service.py b/operate/services/service.py
index 1f03d93a..2f05c6d9 100644
--- a/operate/services/service.py
+++ b/operate/services/service.py
@@ -822,9 +822,9 @@ def start(self, use_docker: bool = False) -> None:
         self.status = DeploymentStatus.DEPLOYED
         self.store()
 
-    def stop(self, use_docker: bool = False) -> None:
+    def stop(self, use_docker: bool = False, force: bool=False) -> None:
         """Stop the deployment."""
-        if self.status != DeploymentStatus.DEPLOYED:
+        if self.status != DeploymentStatus.DEPLOYED and not force:
             return
 
         self.status = DeploymentStatus.STOPPING
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3cb35748..7a22390d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "main": "electron/main.js",
   "name": "olas-operate-app",
   "productName": "Pearl",
-  "version": "0.1.0-rc47",
+  "version": "0.1.0-rc50",
   "dependencies": {
     "@ant-design/cssinjs": "^1.18.4",
     "@ant-design/icons": "^5.3.0",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9473b857..b4c266b8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "olas-operate-middleware"
-version = "0.1.0-rc47"
+version = "0.1.0-rc50"
 description = ""
 authors = ["David Vilela <dvilelaf@gmail.com>", "Viraj Patel <vptl185@gmail.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"