diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index b23eacf..4e42ab0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2.2
 - Added again make install target
+- Ctrl+C in the terminal will terminate the GUI
 
 2.1
 - Introduced sessions; GUI loads the same relations of the previous time
diff --git a/relational_gui.py b/relational_gui.py
index f4de479..fd8c6e5 100755
--- a/relational_gui.py
+++ b/relational_gui.py
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             x11 = False
 
     if x11:
+        import signal
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
+
         import sip  # needed on windows
         from PyQt5 import QtGui, QtWidgets
         try: