diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
index d0c34dac0a86d..d2cf986af23b8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
 		this.exit(exitCode);
 	}
 
-	private onTerminationSignal(signal: string) {
+	protected onTerminationSignal(signal: string) {
 		return async () => {
 			if (this.shutdownService.isShuttingDown()) {
 				this.logger.info(`Received ${signal}. Already shutting down...`);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
index 99df74fabd6cd..0ebfbbc1a6dae 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ export class Start extends BaseCommand {
 					this.openBrowser();
 				} else if (key.charCodeAt(0) === 3) {
 					// Ctrl + c got pressed
-					void this.stopProcess();
+					void this.onTerminationSignal('SIGINT')();
 				} else {
 					// When anything else got pressed, record it and send it on enter into the child process