diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index acab9c8..d8866e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ aaronia-rtsa = { version = "0.0.6", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.2", features = ["derive"] }
+ctrlc = "3.4"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
 gnuplot = "0.0.38"
 rustfft = "6.1"
diff --git a/examples/rx_threaded.rs b/examples/rx_threaded.rs
index 0a9a1e1..21ddae3 100644
--- a/examples/rx_threaded.rs
+++ b/examples/rx_threaded.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 use clap::Parser;
 use num_complex::Complex32;
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
+use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use vmcircbuffer::sync;
 
 use seify::Device;
 use seify::Direction::Rx;
-use seify::Error;
 use seify::RxStreamer;
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ struct Args {
     args: String,
 }
 
-pub fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+pub fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     env_logger::init();
     let cli = Args::parse();
 
@@ -32,24 +35,48 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let mut r = w.add_reader();
 
     // producer thread
-    std::thread::spawn(move || -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let mut rx = dev.rx_streamer(&[0])?;
-        let mtu = rx.mtu()?;
-        rx.activate()?;
-
-        loop {
-            let w_buff = w.slice();
-            let n = std::cmp::min(w_buff.len(), mtu);
-            let n = rx.read(&mut [&mut w_buff[0..n]], 200000)?;
-            w.produce(n);
+    let terminate = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let rx_thread = std::thread::spawn({
+        let terminate = terminate.clone();
+        move || -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+            let mut rx = dev.rx_streamer(&[0])?;
+            let mtu = rx.mtu()?;
+            rx.activate()?;
+
+            loop {
+                if terminate.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                    break Ok(());
+                }
+                let w_buff = w.slice();
+                let n = std::cmp::min(w_buff.len(), mtu);
+                let n = rx.read(&mut [&mut w_buff[0..n]], 200000)?;
+                w.produce(n);
+            }
         }
     });
 
+    ctrlc::set_handler({
+        let terminate = terminate.clone();
+        move || {
+            println!("terminating...");
+            terminate.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+    })
+    .expect("Error setting Ctrl-C handler");
+
     // consumer
     loop {
+        if terminate.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+            break;
+        }
         let r_buff = r.slice().unwrap();
         let l = r_buff.len();
         println!("received {l} samples");
         r.consume(l);
     }
+
+    if let Err(e) = rx_thread.join() {
+        std::panic::resume_unwind(e);
+    }
+    Ok(())
 }