diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index d08543f..011dcae 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void sig_handler (int signo);
 volatile bool g_abort = false;
 // signal handler
 void sig_handler (int signo){
-  if (signo == SIGINT){
+  if (signo == SIGINT || signo == SIGTERM){
     g_abort = true;
   }
 }
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ int main (
   else if(command==COMMAND_ENSTROPHY){
     // register signal handler to handle aborts
     signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
+    signal(SIGTERM, sig_handler);
     enstrophy(parameters.K1, parameters.K2, parameters.N1, parameters.N2, parameters.final_time, parameters.nu, parameters.delta, parameters.L, parameters.adaptive_tolerance, parameters.adaptive_factor, u0, g, parameters.irreversible, parameters.algorithm, parameters.print_freq, parameters.starting_time, nthreads, savefile, (char*)argv[0], param_str, savefile_str);
   }
   else if(command==COMMAND_QUIET){