diff --git a/frontend/src/main.c b/frontend/src/main.c
index fca9987..770a796 100644
--- a/frontend/src/main.c
+++ b/frontend/src/main.c
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ static void sigint_handler(const int sig)
 	if (sig == SIGINT)
 	{
 		g_slunkcrypt_abort_flag = 1;
-		signal(SIGINT, sigint_handler);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -557,7 +556,7 @@ static int run_self_test(void)
 int MAIN(const int argc, CHR *const argv[])
 {
 	init_terminal();
-	signal(SIGINT, sigint_handler);
+	setup_signal_handler(SIGINT, sigint_handler);
 	int result = -1;
 
 	FPRINTF(stderr, T("SlunkCrypt Utility (%") T(PRIstr) T("-%") T(PRIstr) T("), by LoRd_MuldeR <MuldeR2@GMX.de>\n"), OS_TYPE, CPU_ARCH);
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils.c b/frontend/src/utils.c
index feab263..c5ffea2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils.c
+++ b/frontend/src/utils.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <Windows.h>
@@ -48,6 +49,19 @@ void init_terminal(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+void setup_signal_handler(const int signo, signal_handler_t* const handler)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	signal(signo, handler);
+#else
+	struct sigaction act;
+	act.sa_handler = handler;
+	sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
+	act.sa_flags = 0;
+	sigaction(signo, &act, NULL);
+#endif
+}
+
 char* CHR_to_utf8(const CHR*const input)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils.h b/frontend/src/utils.h
index de0bef7..8f50bf3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils.h
+++ b/frontend/src/utils.h
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 #include "platform.h"
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+typedef void (signal_handler_t)(int);
+
 void init_terminal(void);
+void setup_signal_handler(const int signo, signal_handler_t* const handler);
 char* CHR_to_utf8(const CHR *const input);
 uint64_t get_file_size(FILE* const file);
 const CHR *get_file_name(const CHR *path);