diff --git a/moltenbar b/moltenbar
index 714ecc3..3020e6b 100755
--- a/moltenbar
+++ b/moltenbar
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ Dir.new("#{config['mod_dir']}").each_child do |m|
 	load("#{config['mod_dir']}/#{m}")
 end
 
+Signal.trap("INT") do cleanup; end
+Signal.trap("TERM") do cleanup; end
+
 config["panels"].each do |panelName, panelConf|
 	pipe_r, pipe_w = IO.pipe
 
@@ -160,9 +163,6 @@ config["panels"].each do |panelName, panelConf|
 		Object.const_get(modClass).new(panelConf, modName, pipe_w).run
 	end
 
-	Signal.trap("INT") do cleanup; end
-	Signal.trap("TERM") do cleanup; end
-
 	if panelConf['geometry'] == nil
 		panelConf['gap'] ||= 0
 		panelConf['height'] ||= 14