diff --git a/global.go b/global.go
index 6c91170..57269db 100644
--- a/global.go
+++ b/global.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ var (
 	symInterval = gmnlisp.NewSymbol("interval")
 )
 
+var ErrCtrlC = errors.New("^C")
+
 type Global struct {
 	w      *Watcher
 	term   *Term
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ func (g *Global) spawn(ctx context.Context, w *gmnlisp.World, args []gmnlisp.Nod
 		argStrings = append(argStrings, s.String())
 	}
 
-	sh := g.term.Command(argStrings[0], argStrings[1:]...)
+	sh := g.term.CommandContext(ctx, argStrings[0], argStrings[1:]...)
 	if err := sh.Start(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -113,6 +115,9 @@ func (g *Global) expect(ctx context.Context, w *gmnlisp.World, node gmnlisp.Node
 	} else {
 		result = g.w.ExpectWithTimeout(time.Second*time.Duration(timeOut), patterns...)
 	}
+	if result == EventCtrlC {
+		return nil, ErrCtrlC
+	}
 	return gmnlisp.Integer(result), nil
 }
 
@@ -164,7 +169,10 @@ func (g *Global) expectX(ctx context.Context, w *gmnlisp.World, node gmnlisp.Nod
 	} else {
 		result = g.w.ExpectWithTimeout(time.Second*time.Duration(timeoutSec), patterns...)
 	}
-	if result >= 0 {
+
+	if result == EventCtrlC {
+		return nil, ErrCtrlC
+	} else if result >= 0 {
 		return gmnlisp.Progn(ctx, w, actions[result])
 	} else {
 		return gmnlisp.Progn(ctx, w, timeoutAct)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c605e59..546f9ed 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ func mains(args []string) error {
 	}
 	lisp = lisp.Let(&gmnlisp.Pair{Key: gmnlisp.NewSymbol("args"), Value: gmnlisp.List(posixArgv...)})
 
-	_, err = lisp.Interpret(context.Background(), string(script))
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	_, err = lisp.Interpret(ctx, string(script))
+	cancel()
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/watcher.go b/watcher.go
index a40cd6c..bb3fd97 100644
--- a/watcher.go
+++ b/watcher.go
@@ -1,20 +1,37 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
+const (
+	EventCtrlC   = -2
+	EventTimeOut = -1
+)
+
 type Watcher struct {
 	ch       <-chan string
 	lastline string
+	ctrlc    <-chan struct{}
 }
 
 func NewWatcher(pty io.ReadWriter) *Watcher {
 	pipeline := make(chan string, 1024)
-	go io.Copy(pty, os.Stdin)
+	ctrlc := make(chan struct{}, 100)
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			var buffer [1024]byte
+			n, _ := os.Stdin.Read(buffer[:])
+			pty.Write(buffer[:n])
+			if bytes.IndexByte(buffer[:n], '\x03') >= 0 {
+				ctrlc <- struct{}{}
+			}
+		}
+	}()
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			var buffer [1024]byte
@@ -32,7 +49,7 @@ func NewWatcher(pty io.ReadWriter) *Watcher {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	return &Watcher{ch: pipeline}
+	return &Watcher{ch: pipeline, ctrlc: ctrlc}
 }
 
 func (W *Watcher) checkWords(token string, words []string) int {
@@ -52,12 +69,16 @@ func (W *Watcher) checkWords(token string, words []string) int {
 }
 
 func (W *Watcher) Expect(words ...string) int {
-	for token := range W.ch {
-		if found := W.checkWords(token, words); found >= 0 {
-			return found
+	for {
+		select {
+		case token := <-W.ch:
+			if found := W.checkWords(token, words); found >= 0 {
+				return found
+			}
+		case <-W.ctrlc:
+			return EventCtrlC
 		}
 	}
-	return -1
 }
 
 func (W *Watcher) ExpectWithTimeout(d time.Duration, words ...string) int {
@@ -71,7 +92,9 @@ func (W *Watcher) ExpectWithTimeout(d time.Duration, words ...string) int {
 				return found
 			}
 		case <-timer.C:
-			return -1
+			return EventTimeOut
+		case <-W.ctrlc:
+			return EventCtrlC
 		}
 	}
 }