diff --git a/vos/setup.cfg b/vos/setup.cfg
index ac638013f..c758c6f25 100644
--- a/vos/setup.cfg
+++ b/vos/setup.cfg
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ edit_on_github = False
 github_project = opencadc/vostools
 install_requires = html2text>=2016.5.29 cadcutils>=1.1.20 future enum34
 # version should be PEP440 compatible (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440)
-version = 3.0.11.1
+version = 3.0.12
 
 [entry_points]
 vcat = vos.commands.vcat:vcat
diff --git a/vos/vos/commonparser.py b/vos/vos/commonparser.py
index 4654c22f4..81ba5f8a1 100644
--- a/vos/vos/commonparser.py
+++ b/vos/vos/commonparser.py
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@
 
 def signal_handler(signum, frame):
     """Exit without calling cleanup handlers, flushing stdio buffers, etc. """
+    logging.info('Received signal {}. Exiting.'.format(signum))
     os._exit(signum)
 
 
 signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)    # Ctrl-C
-signal.signal(signal.SIGPIPE, signal_handler)   # Pipe gone (head, more etc)
+# Disabled due to unexpected SIGPIPE signals that do not warn the user
+# signal.signal(signal.SIGPIPE, signal_handler)   # Pipe gone (head, more etc)
 
 
 def exit_on_exception(ex, message=None):