diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index b714080..93c27c1 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "pipeline.h"
 #include "threadpool.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -86,6 +87,12 @@ void* listen_for_config_changes_thread(void* data) {
     return NULL;
 }
 
+void signal_handler(int signal) {
+    log_info("signal retrieved");
+    if(signal == SIGINT)
+        pipeline_cancel();
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     cli_options args = parse(argc, argv);
     log_settings settings;
@@ -94,6 +101,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     settings.out_file = args.log_file.has_value ? fopen(args.log_file.value, "w+") : stdout;
     log_init(settings);
 
+    signal(SIGINT, signal_handler);
+
     if(args.help) {
         print_help(stdout, argv[0]);
         exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
diff --git a/src/pipeline.c b/src/pipeline.c
index eb5284f..dbd41bb 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.c
+++ b/src/pipeline.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 pthread_list_node* root = NULL;
 
 optional_pipeline_conf pipeline_create(const char* config_line) {
+    log_trace("pipeline create");
     optional_pipeline_conf result;
     result.has_value = false;
     const char* pattern = "[^[:blank:]]+|\"[^\"]*\"";
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ optional_pipeline_conf pipeline_create(const char* config_line) {
 }
 
 void pipeline_destroy(pipeline_conf* conf) {
+    log_trace("pipeline destroy");
     free(conf->name);
     free(conf->url);
     free(conf->trigger);
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ void pipeline_destroy(pipeline_conf* conf) {
 }
 
 void pipeline_register(pthread_t thread) {
+    log_trace("pipeline register thread");
     if(root == NULL) {
         root = create_thread_node(thread);
         return;
@@ -88,11 +91,13 @@ void pipeline_register(pthread_t thread) {
 }
 
 void pipeline_loop() {
+    log_trace("pipeline loop");
     clear_thread_list(root);
     root = NULL;
 }
 
 void pipeline_cancel() {
+    log_trace("cancelling pipeline");
     pthread_list_node* cursor = root;
     while(cursor != NULL) {
         pthread_cancel(cursor->thread);
@@ -101,6 +106,7 @@ void pipeline_cancel() {
 }
 
 void pipeline_event_destroy(pipeline_event* ev) {
+    log_trace("pipeline event destroy");
     free(ev->name);
     free(ev->trigger);
     free(ev->url);