diff --git a/mio/bin/t06.c b/mio/bin/t06.c
index 26b386d..ad27e33 100644
--- a/mio/bin/t06.c
+++ b/mio/bin/t06.c
@@ -511,6 +511,13 @@ static int add_listener (mio_t* mio, mio_bch_t* addrstr)
 }
 
 
+static mio_t* g_mio = MIO_NULL;
+
+static void handle_sigint (int sig)
+{
+	if (g_mio) mio_stop (g_mio, MIO_STOPREQ_TERMINATION);
+}
+
 int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 {
 	mio_t* mio = MIO_NULL;
@@ -518,7 +525,6 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 	mio_oow_t i;
 	struct sigaction sigact;
 
-
 // TODO: use getopt() or something similar
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; )
 	{
@@ -556,6 +562,11 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 	sigact.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
 	sigaction (SIGPIPE, &sigact, MIO_NULL);
 
+	memset (&sigact, 0, MIO_SIZEOF(sigact));
+	sigact.sa_handler = handle_sigint;
+	sigaction (SIGINT, &sigact, MIO_NULL);
+	
+
 	XX_MQ_INIT (&xx_mq);
 	xx_tmridx = MIO_TMRIDX_INVALID;
 
@@ -566,6 +577,8 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 		goto oops;
 	}
 
+	g_mio = mio;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < g_num_thrs; i++)
 		pthread_create (&t[i], MIO_NULL, thr_func, mio);
 
@@ -580,11 +593,17 @@ printf ("starting the main loop\n");
 
 	/* close all threaded mios here */
 printf ("TERMINATING..NORMALLY \n");
+	memset (&sigact, 0, MIO_SIZEOF(sigact));
+	sigact.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+	sigaction (SIGINT, &sigact, MIO_NULL);
 	mio_close (mio);
 	return 0;
 
 oops:
 printf ("TERMINATING..ABNORMALLY \n");
+	memset (&sigact, 0, MIO_SIZEOF(sigact));
+	sigact.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+	sigaction (SIGINT, &sigact, MIO_NULL);
 	if (mio) mio_close (mio);
 	return -1;
 }