diff --git a/srt-transmit/Cargo.toml b/srt-transmit/Cargo.toml
index 92f47676..d1337d25 100644
--- a/srt-transmit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/srt-transmit/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ bytes = "1.0"
 anyhow = "1"
 pretty_env_logger = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["std", "async-await"] }
+signal-hook = "0.3.12"
 
 [dependencies.tokio]
 version = "1"
diff --git a/srt-transmit/src/main.rs b/srt-transmit/src/main.rs
index b571b5a0..dab2bc77 100644
--- a/srt-transmit/src/main.rs
+++ b/srt-transmit/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use std::{
     process::exit,
     task::{Context, Poll},
     time::{Duration, Instant},
+    sync::{Arc, atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering}},
 };
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, format_err, Error};
@@ -23,13 +24,15 @@ use futures::{
     prelude::*,
     ready,
     stream::{self, once, unfold, BoxStream},
-    try_join,
 };
 use tokio::{
     io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt},
     net::TcpListener,
     net::TcpStream,
     net::UdpSocket,
+    time::interval,
+    select,
+    try_join,
 };
 use tokio_util::{codec::BytesCodec, codec::Framed, codec::FramedWrite, udp::UdpFramed};
 
@@ -40,6 +43,8 @@ use srt_tokio::{
 
 use streamer_server::*;
 
+use signal_hook::{flag::register, consts::SIGINT};
+
 const AFTER_HELPTEXT: &str = include_str!("helptext.txt");
 
 // boxed() combinator for sink, which somehow doesn't exist
@@ -637,13 +642,36 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
 
     let mut sinks = MultiSinkFlatten::new(sink_streams.drain(..));
 
-    // poll sink and stream in parallel, only yielding when there is something ready for the sink and the stream is good.
-    while let (_, Some(stream)) = try_join!(
-        future::poll_fn(|cx| Pin::new(&mut sinks).poll_ready(cx)),
-        stream_stream.try_next()
-    )? {
-        // let a: () = &mut *stream;
-        sinks.send_all(&mut stream.map(Ok)).await?;
+    // setup SIGINT handling prerequisites.
+    let mut sig_intval = interval(Duration::from_millis(500));
+    let sig_flg = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    register(SIGINT, sig_flg.clone()).unwrap();
+    
+    loop {
+        select! {
+            // we need to ensure the main future is driven to completion so we poll a future that only ever completes
+            // if we've received a shutdown signal. allows use to use select! without issue.
+            _ = async {
+                while !sig_flg.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                    sig_intval.tick().await;
+                }
+            } => break,
+            // poll sink and stream in parallel, only yielding when there is something ready for the sink and the
+            // stream is good.
+            stream_result = async {
+                try_join!(
+                    future::poll_fn(|cx| Pin::new(&mut sinks).poll_ready(cx)),
+                    stream_stream.try_next(),
+                )
+            } => {
+                if let (_, Some(stream)) = stream_result? {
+                    // let a: () = &mut *stream;
+                    sinks.send_all(&mut stream.map(Ok)).await?;
+                } else {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     sinks.close().await?;