diff --git a/src/lava/magma/core/process/process.py b/src/lava/magma/core/process/process.py
index 6239072f3..3d9e11a96 100644
--- a/src/lava/magma/core/process/process.py
+++ b/src/lava/magma/core/process/process.py
@@ -249,6 +249,12 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         # Current runtime environment
         self._runtime: ty.Optional[Runtime] = None
 
+    def __del__(self):
+        """On destruction, terminate Runtime automatically to
+        free compute resources.
+        """
+        self.stop()
+
     def _post_init(self):
         """Called after __init__() method of any sub class via
         ProcessMetaClass to finalize initialization leading to following
diff --git a/src/lava/magma/runtime/runtime.py b/src/lava/magma/runtime/runtime.py
index d259e1633..b963eb1df 100644
--- a/src/lava/magma/runtime/runtime.py
+++ b/src/lava/magma/runtime/runtime.py
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.service_to_runtime_data: ty.Iterable[CspRecvPort] = []
         self.runtime_to_service_data: ty.Iterable[CspSendPort] = []
 
+    def __del__(self):
+        """On destruction, terminate Runtime automatically to
+        free compute resources.
+        """
+        if self._is_started:
+            self.stop()
+
     def initialize(self):
         """Initializes the runtime"""
         # Right now assume there is only 1 node config