diff --git a/nilmdb/client/httpclient.py b/nilmdb/client/httpclient.py
index 13ecedc..5845944 100644
--- a/nilmdb/client/httpclient.py
+++ b/nilmdb/client/httpclient.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
         self.curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2)
         self.curl.setopt(pycurl.FOLLOWLOCATION, 1)
         self.curl.setopt(pycurl.MAXREDIRS, 5)
+        self.curl.setopt(pycurl.NOSIGNAL, 1)
         self._setup_url()
 
     def _setup_url(self, url = "", params = ""):