goircd.go | 2 +-

diff --git a/goircd.go b/goircd.go
index acd3c84ba87686dc59ccaa8dcfa01dcdab9e015737a7c832748b2ae173a800dc..be47751d15a07ebc4ea294a3759a28bfecb53c751e2ed18c16a964b14034517b 100644
--- a/goircd.go
+++ b/goircd.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ 		go listenerLoop(ln, events)
 	}
 	log.Println("goircd", Version, "started")
 
-	needsShutdown := make(chan os.Signal, 0)
+	needsShutdown := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(needsShutdown, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGINT)
 	go func() {
 		<-needsShutdown