diff --git a/src/docs/changelog.md b/src/docs/changelog.md
index 490982a..f26be5a 100644
--- a/src/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/src/docs/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Changelog
 --------- 
-- **v4.2.3** 
+- **v4.2.5** 
     - **Security**: removed all eval calls from the core. jsonFromStr now uses a safe manual parser; microTpl runs inside an isolated vm context; replace_calc returns content without executing it.  
     - **Robustness**: removed all internal process.exit calls. Build, plugin, and child-process errors are now propagated or logged without killing the Node process.  
     - **Performance**: replaced the file watcher from polling (setInterval + fs.statSync) to event-driven fs.watch, with a lightweight periodic refresh for new files.  
diff --git a/src/malta.js b/src/malta.js
index 6ce4a52..b351dbb 100755
--- a/src/malta.js
+++ b/src/malta.js
@@ -1372,6 +1372,6 @@ Malta.prototype.shut = function () {
 
 // be sure to call malta stop when the user CTRL+C
 //
-process.on('SIGINT', () => { Malta.stop('SIGINT'); });
+process.on('SIGINT', () => { Malta.stop('SIGINT'); process.exit(0); });
 
 module.exports = Malta;