diff --git a/brozzler/cli.py b/brozzler/cli.py
index 87bfa5d..d6b6321 100644
--- a/brozzler/cli.py
+++ b/brozzler/cli.py
@@ -304,11 +304,6 @@ def brozzler_worker(argv=None):
     args = arg_parser.parse_args(args=argv[1:])
     configure_logging(args)
 
-    def sigterm(signum, frame):
-        raise brozzler.ShutdownRequested('shutdown requested (caught SIGTERM)')
-    def sigint(signum, frame):
-        raise brozzler.ShutdownRequested('shutdown requested (caught SIGINT)')
-
     def dump_state(signum, frame):
         signal.signal(signal.SIGQUIT, signal.SIG_IGN)
         try:
@@ -330,10 +325,6 @@ def brozzler_worker(argv=None):
         finally:
             signal.signal(signal.SIGQUIT, dump_state)
 
-    signal.signal(signal.SIGQUIT, dump_state)
-    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, sigterm)
-    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, sigint)
-
     rr = rethinker(args)
     frontier = brozzler.RethinkDbFrontier(rr)
     service_registry = doublethink.ServiceRegistry(rr)
@@ -342,8 +333,13 @@ def brozzler_worker(argv=None):
             chrome_exe=args.chrome_exe, proxy=args.proxy,
             warcprox_auto=args.warcprox_auto)
 
-    worker.run()
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGQUIT, dump_state)
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, lambda s,f: worker.stop())
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, lambda s,f: worker.stop())
 
+    th = threading.Thread(target=worker.run, name='BrozzlerWorkerThread')
+    th.start()
+    th.join()
     logging.info('brozzler-worker is all done, exiting')
 
 def brozzler_ensure_tables(argv=None):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bc52352..8e230b8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def find_package_data(package):
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='brozzler',
-        version='1.1b11.dev241',
+        version='1.1b11.dev242',
         description='Distributed web crawling with browsers',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/brozzler',
         author='Noah Levitt',