diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index c413996..7b9e5c0 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -360,16 +360,25 @@ function Screen(options) {
 
   this._maxListeners = Infinity;
 
-  if (this.options.handleUncaughtExceptions !== false) {
-    process.on('uncaughtException', function(err) {
-      reset();
-      if (err) console.error(err.stack ? err.stack + '' : err + '');
-      return process.exit(1);
-    });
-  }
+  Screen.total++;
 
-  process.on('SIGTERM', function() {
-    return process.exit(0);
+  process.on('uncaughtException', function(err) {
+    if (process.listeners('uncaughtException').length > Screen.total) {
+      return;
+    }
+    reset();
+    err = err || new Error('Uncaught Exception.');
+    console.error(err.stack ? err.stack + '' : err + '');
+    return process.exit(1);
+  });
+
+  ['SIGTERM', 'SIGINT', 'SIGQUIT'].forEach(function(signal) {
+    process.on(signal, function() {
+      if (process.listeners(signal).length > Screen.total) {
+        return;
+      }
+      return process.exit(0);
+    });
   });
 
   process.on('exit', function() {
@@ -398,6 +407,8 @@ function Screen(options) {
 
 Screen.global = null;
 
+Screen.total = 0;
+
 Screen.prototype.__proto__ = Node.prototype;
 
 Screen.prototype.type = 'screen';