diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index cce3cf0..56067f3 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -32,18 +32,6 @@
             singletons.eventManager.timerManager = timerManager.instance;
             singletons.eventManager.gameManager = GameManager.instance;
 
-            //singletons.timerManager.setUpSignalHandler();
-            process.on( "SIGINT", function() {
-                console.log( "\ngracefully shutting down from SIGINT (Crtl-C)" );
-                process.exit();
-            } );
-
-            process.on( "exit", function() {
-                console.log( "never see this log message" );
-            } );
-
-            //process.kill(process.pid, "SIGTERM");
-
             try {
                 await singletons.eventManager.client.connect();
                 logger.info('Root Redis client connected');
diff --git a/server/modules/singletons/TimerManager.js b/server/modules/singletons/TimerManager.js
index a3098b0..076b638 100644
--- a/server/modules/singletons/TimerManager.js
+++ b/server/modules/singletons/TimerManager.js
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ class TimerManager {
         TimerManager.instance = this;
     }
 
-    setUpSignalHandler = () => {
-        process.on('SIGTERM', (code) => {
-            console.log('received sigterm');
-        });
-    }
-
     runTimer = async (game, namespace, eventManager, gameManager) => {
         this.logger.debug('running timer for game ' + game.accessCode);
         const gameProcess = fork(path.join(__dirname, '../GameProcess.js'));