diff --git a/kitty/child-monitor.c b/kitty/child-monitor.c
index 918897825..c538cb961 100644
--- a/kitty/child-monitor.c
+++ b/kitty/child-monitor.c
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject UNUSED *kwds) {
         return NULL;
     }
     self = (ChildMonitor *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
-    if (!init_loop_data(&self->io_loop_data)) return PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
-    if (!install_signal_handlers(&self->io_loop_data)) return PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
+    if (!init_loop_data(&self->io_loop_data, 5, SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGCHLD, SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2)) return PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
     self->talk_fd = talk_fd;
     self->listen_fd = listen_fd;
     if (self == NULL) return PyErr_NoMemory();
@@ -1605,7 +1604,7 @@ talk_loop(void *data) {
     // The talk thread loop
     ChildMonitor *self = (ChildMonitor*)data;
     set_thread_name("KittyPeerMon");
-    if (!init_loop_data(&talk_data.loop_data)) { log_error("Failed to create wakeup fd for talk thread with error: %s", strerror(errno)); }
+    if (!init_loop_data(&talk_data.loop_data, 0)) { log_error("Failed to create wakeup fd for talk thread with error: %s", strerror(errno)); }
     PollFD fds[PEER_LIMIT + 8] = {{0}};
     size_t num_listen_fds = 0, num_peer_fds = 0;
 #define add_listener(which) \
diff --git a/kitty/disk-cache.c b/kitty/disk-cache.c
index d1bdc56cf..cdb00955d 100644
--- a/kitty/disk-cache.c
+++ b/kitty/disk-cache.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ ensure_state(DiskCache *self) {
     int ret;
     if (self->fully_initialized) return true;
     if (!self->loop_data_inited) {
-        if (!init_loop_data(&self->loop_data)) { PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError); return false; }
+        if (!init_loop_data(&self->loop_data, 0)) { PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError); return false; }
         self->loop_data_inited = true;
     }
     if (!self->currently_writing.hash_key) {
diff --git a/kitty/loop-utils.c b/kitty/loop-utils.c
index 7d6ae2bd5..85e8ea2c3 100644
--- a/kitty/loop-utils.c
+++ b/kitty/loop-utils.c
@@ -8,22 +8,6 @@
 #include "loop-utils.h"
 #include "safe-wrappers.h"
 
-bool
-init_loop_data(LoopData *ld) {
-#ifdef HAS_EVENT_FD
-    ld->wakeup_read_fd = eventfd(0, EFD_CLOEXEC | EFD_NONBLOCK);
-    if (ld->wakeup_read_fd < 0) return false;
-#else
-    if (!self_pipe(ld->wakeup_fds, true)) return false;
-    ld->wakeup_read_fd = ld->wakeup_fds[0];
-#endif
-    ld->signal_read_fd = -1;
-#ifndef HAS_SIGNAL_FD
-    ld->signal_fds[0] = -1; ld->signal_fds[1] = -1;
-#endif
-    return true;
-}
-
 #ifndef HAS_SIGNAL_FD
 static int signal_write_fd = -1;
 
@@ -48,10 +32,44 @@ handle_signal(int sig_num UNUSED, siginfo_t *si, void *ucontext UNUSED) {
 #endif
 
 
-#define SIGNAL_SET \
-    sigset_t signals = {0}; \
-    sigemptyset(&signals); \
-    sigaddset(&signals, SIGINT); sigaddset(&signals, SIGTERM); sigaddset(&signals, SIGCHLD); sigaddset(&signals, SIGUSR1); sigaddset(&signals, SIGUSR2); \
+bool
+init_loop_data(LoopData *ld, size_t num_signals, ...) {
+    ld->num_handled_signals = num_signals;
+    va_list valist;
+    va_start(valist, num_signals);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < ld->num_handled_signals; i++) {
+        ld->handled_signals[i] = va_arg(valist, int);
+    }
+    va_end(valist);
+#ifdef HAS_EVENT_FD
+    ld->wakeup_read_fd = eventfd(0, EFD_CLOEXEC | EFD_NONBLOCK);
+    if (ld->wakeup_read_fd < 0) return false;
+#else
+    if (!self_pipe(ld->wakeup_fds, true)) return false;
+    ld->wakeup_read_fd = ld->wakeup_fds[0];
+#endif
+    ld->signal_read_fd = -1;
+#ifdef HAS_SIGNAL_FD
+    sigemptyset(&ld->signals);
+    if (ld->num_handled_signals) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < ld->num_handled_signals; i++) sigaddset(&ld->signals, ld->handled_signals[i]);
+        if (sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &ld->signals, NULL) == -1) return false;
+        ld->signal_read_fd = signalfd(-1, &ld->signals, SFD_NONBLOCK | SFD_CLOEXEC);
+        if (ld->signal_read_fd == -1) return false;
+    }
+#else
+    ld->signal_fds[0] = -1; ld->signal_fds[1] = -1;
+    if (ld->num_handled_signals) {
+        if (!self_pipe(ld->signal_fds, true)) return false;
+        signal_write_fd = ld->signal_fds[1];
+        ld->signal_read_fd = ld->signal_fds[0];
+        struct sigaction act = {.sa_sigaction=handle_signal, .sa_flags=SA_SIGINFO | SA_RESTART};
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < ld->num_handled_signals; i++) { if (sigaction(ld->handled_signals[i], &act, NULL) != 0) return false; }
+    }
+#endif
+    return true;
+}
+
 
 void
 free_loop_data(LoopData *ld) {
@@ -60,22 +78,16 @@ free_loop_data(LoopData *ld) {
     CLOSE(wakeup_fds, 0); CLOSE(wakeup_fds, 1);
 #endif
 #ifndef HAS_SIGNAL_FD
+    signal_write_fd = -1;
     CLOSE(signal_fds, 0); CLOSE(signal_fds, 1);
 #endif
 #undef CLOSE
     if (ld->signal_read_fd > -1) {
 #ifdef HAS_SIGNAL_FD
         safe_close(ld->signal_read_fd, __FILE__, __LINE__);
-        SIGNAL_SET
-        sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &signals, NULL);
-#else
-        signal_write_fd = -1;
+        sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &ld->signals, NULL);
 #endif
-        signal(SIGINT, SIG_DFL);
-        signal(SIGTERM, SIG_DFL);
-        signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
-        signal(SIGUSR1, SIG_DFL);
-        signal(SIGUSR2, SIG_DFL);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < ld->num_handled_signals; i++) signal(ld->num_handled_signals, SIG_DFL);
     }
 #ifdef HAS_EVENT_FD
     safe_close(ld->wakeup_read_fd, __FILE__, __LINE__);
@@ -102,26 +114,6 @@ wakeup_loop(LoopData *ld, bool in_signal_handler, const char *loop_name) {
 }
 
 
-bool
-install_signal_handlers(LoopData *ld) {
-#ifdef HAS_SIGNAL_FD
-    SIGNAL_SET
-    if (sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &signals, NULL) == -1) return false;
-    ld->signal_read_fd = signalfd(-1, &signals, SFD_NONBLOCK | SFD_CLOEXEC);
-    if (ld->signal_read_fd == -1) return false;
-#else
-    if (!self_pipe(ld->signal_fds, true)) return false;
-    signal_write_fd = ld->signal_fds[1];
-    struct sigaction act = {.sa_sigaction=handle_signal, .sa_flags=SA_SIGINFO | SA_RESTART};
-#define SA(which) { if (sigaction(which, &act, NULL) != 0) return false; }
-    SA(SIGINT); SA(SIGTERM); SA(SIGCHLD); SA(SIGUSR1); SA(SIGUSR2);
-#undef SA
-    ld->signal_read_fd = ld->signal_fds[0];
-#endif
-    return true;
-}
-
-
 void
 read_signals(int fd, handle_signal_func callback, void *data) {
 #ifdef HAS_SIGNAL_FD
diff --git a/kitty/loop-utils.h b/kitty/loop-utils.h
index 9139e1862..df89fb211 100644
--- a/kitty/loop-utils.h
+++ b/kitty/loop-utils.h
@@ -34,16 +34,19 @@ typedef struct {
 #endif
 #ifndef HAS_SIGNAL_FD
     int signal_fds[2];
+#else
+    sigset_t signals;
 #endif
     int wakeup_read_fd;
     int signal_read_fd;
+    int handled_signals[16];
+    size_t num_handled_signals;
 } LoopData;
 typedef void(*handle_signal_func)(const siginfo_t* siginfo, void *data);
 
-bool init_loop_data(LoopData *ld);
+bool init_loop_data(LoopData *ld, size_t num_handled_signals, ...);
 void free_loop_data(LoopData *ld);
 void wakeup_loop(LoopData *ld, bool in_signal_handler, const char*);
-bool install_signal_handlers(LoopData *ld);
 void read_signals(int fd, handle_signal_func callback, void *data);
 
 static inline bool