diff --git a/src/node/cli-start.ts b/src/node/cli-start.ts
index b014dd7..b3e2886 100644
--- a/src/node/cli-start.ts
+++ b/src/node/cli-start.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { cac } from 'cac'
-import consola from 'consola'
 import { name, version } from '../../package.json'
 import { build, serve } from './index'
 
@@ -33,15 +32,16 @@ export async function startCli(cwd = process.cwd(), argv = process.argv) {
     .action(async (file: string, options: { watch: false | string | string[]; port: number; outDir?: string }) => {
       const server = await serve({ cwd, entry: file, ...options })
 
-      const close = () => server.httpServer?.listening && server.close()
-
-      process.on('SIGINT', () => close())
-      process.on('exit', () => close())
-      process.on('uncaughtException', (err) => {
-        consola.error(err)
-        process.exitCode = 1
-        close()
-      })
+      // Vite handles SIGTERM and end of stdin (Ctrl+D) itself, but not SIGINT
+      const exitProcess = async () => {
+        try {
+          await server.close()
+        }
+        finally {
+          process.exit()
+        }
+      }
+      process.once('SIGINT', exitProcess)
     })
 
   // Filter out unnecessary "default" output for negated options (zerobyte acts as marker)