diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index d42c2f11..44692ca9 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ static int neuron_run(const neu_cli_args_t *args)
     int           rv = 0;
 
     signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
-    signal(SIGTERM, sig_handler);
     signal(SIGABRT, sig_handler);
     signal(SIGSEGV, sig_handler);
+    signal(SIGTERM, sig_handler);
+    signal(SIGKILL, sig_handler);
 
     // try to enable core dump
     rl.rlim_cur = rl.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;