diff --git a/httpstan/services_stub.py b/httpstan/services_stub.py
index 4e1e8a403..1409bd47d 100644
--- a/httpstan/services_stub.py
+++ b/httpstan/services_stub.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import multiprocessing as mp
 import os
 import select
+import signal
 import socket
 import tempfile
 import typing
@@ -26,9 +27,14 @@
 import httpstan.services.arguments as arguments
 from httpstan.config import HTTPSTAN_DEBUG
 
+
 # Use `get_context` to get a package-specific multiprocessing context.
 # See "Contexts and start methods" in the `multiprocessing` docs for details.
-executor = concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor(mp_context=mp.get_context("fork"))
+def init_worker() -> None:
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_IGN)  # ignore KeyboardInterrupt
+
+
+executor = concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor(mp_context=mp.get_context("fork"), initializer=init_worker)
 logger = logging.getLogger("httpstan")
 
 
diff --git a/httpstan/views.py b/httpstan/views.py
index 738192e5c..c6d61b9e2 100644
--- a/httpstan/views.py
+++ b/httpstan/views.py
@@ -389,7 +389,11 @@ def _services_call_done(operation: dict, future: asyncio.Future) -> None:
             operation["result"] = _make_error(message, status=status)
             # Delete messages associated with the fit. If initialization
             # fails, for example, messages will exist on disk. Remove them.
-            httpstan.cache.delete_fit(operation["metadata"]["fit"]["name"])
+            try:
+                httpstan.cache.delete_fit(operation["metadata"]["fit"]["name"])
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                # occurs when control-c stops sampling
+                pass
         else:
             logger.info(f"Operation `{operation['name']}` finished.")
             operation["result"] = schemas.Fit().load(operation["metadata"]["fit"])