diff --git a/vviewer/vviewer.py b/vviewer/vviewer.py
index 7a00bfa80734cf8e12fdee1b267d43e38b76b85b..1c7297d879e3e2a550e4de29d1652ed35337da7d 100755
--- a/vviewer/vviewer.py
+++ b/vviewer/vviewer.py
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
 else:
     from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
 
+# makes the program exit from the bash with ctrl+c
+import signal
+signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
+    
 import pyqtgraph as pg
 # for colormap thresholds:
 from QxtSpanSlider import QxtSpanSlider