diff --git a/frigate/__main__.py b/frigate/__main__.py
index 6dd5d130e..512b2e5fd 100644
--- a/frigate/__main__.py
+++ b/frigate/__main__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ def main() -> None:
     setup_logging(manager)
 
     threading.current_thread().name = "frigate"
+    stop_event = mp.Event()
+
+    # send stop event on SIGINT
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, lambda sig, frame: stop_event.set())
 
     # Make sure we exit cleanly on SIGTERM.
     signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, lambda sig, frame: sys.exit())
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         sys.exit(0)
 
     # Run the main application.
-    FrigateApp(config, manager).start()
+    FrigateApp(config, manager, stop_event).start()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index ac9c7bdf2..c9e5496a4 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -79,10 +79,12 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class FrigateApp:
-    def __init__(self, config: FrigateConfig, manager: SyncManager) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self, config: FrigateConfig, manager: SyncManager, stop_event: MpEvent
+    ) -> None:
         self.metrics_manager = manager
         self.audio_process: Optional[mp.Process] = None
-        self.stop_event: MpEvent = mp.Event()
+        self.stop_event = stop_event
         self.detection_queue: Queue = mp.Queue()
         self.detectors: dict[str, ObjectDetectProcess] = {}
         self.detection_shms: list[mp.shared_memory.SharedMemory] = []