diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f7120d5..acb8106 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg_aliases"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "613afe47fcd5fac7ccf1db93babcb082c5994d996f20b8b159f2ad1658eb5724"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.5.38"
@@ -184,6 +190,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ctrlc"
+version = "3.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "46f93780a459b7d656ef7f071fe699c4d3d2cb201c4b24d085b6ddc505276e73"
+dependencies = [
+ "nix",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "deranged"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -530,6 +546,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "adler2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.30.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "74523f3a35e05aba87a1d978330aef40f67b0304ac79c1c00b294c9830543db6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cfg_aliases",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-conv"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -749,6 +777,7 @@ name = "shrupl"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "ctrlc",
  "dirs-next",
  "env_logger",
  "log",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b424a76..5b14233 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ description = "ShrUpl is a tool to upload files to a Sharry Instance through a p
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.38", features = ["derive"] }
+ctrlc = { version = "3.4.7", features = ["termination"] }
 dirs-next = "2.0.0"
 env_logger = "0.11.8"
 log = "0.4.27"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index eb52dbe..31b7d67 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ mod appstate;
 mod cli;
 mod sharry;
 
+use std::sync::{
+    Arc,
+    atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+};
+
 use clap::Parser;
 use log::{error, info};
 use ureq::Agent;
@@ -10,6 +15,12 @@ use appstate::AppState;
 use cli::Cli;
 
 fn main() {
+    let running = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(true));
+    let r = running.clone();
+
+    ctrlc::set_handler(move || r.store(false, Ordering::SeqCst))
+        .expect("Error setting Ctrl-C handler");
+
     env_logger::init();
 
     let args = Cli::parse();
@@ -45,8 +56,13 @@ fn main() {
         }
 
         state.save().unwrap();
-    }
-    info!("uploads done");
 
+        if !running.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+            info!("terminating ...");
+            std::process::exit(0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    info!("uploads done");
     state.clear().unwrap();
 }