diff --git a/drone/deploy.sh b/drone/deploy.sh
index 34bd49f..22bc7ce 100644
--- a/drone/deploy.sh
+++ b/drone/deploy.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$PROD_PID" ]; then
   #will cause the old server to gracefully shutdown
   echo "shutting down old server version ..."
-  kill -s SIGQUIT "$PROD_PID"
+  kill -s SIGINT "$PROD_PID"
   while [ ! "$(prod_pid)" ]; do sleep 1; done #sleep until process ends
 fi