diff --git a/epic-games.js b/epic-games.js
index d9bfb27..812af6b 100644
--- a/epic-games.js
+++ b/epic-games.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { firefox } from 'playwright-firefox'; // stealth plugin needs no outdate
 import { authenticator } from 'otplib';
 import path from 'path';
 import { existsSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
-import { jsonDb, datetime, stealth, filenamify, prompt, notify, html_game_list } from './util.js';
+import { jsonDb, datetime, stealth, filenamify, prompt, notify, html_game_list, handleSIGINT } from './util.js';
 import { cfg } from './config.js';
 
 const URL_CLAIM = 'https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/free-games';
@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@ console.log(datetime(), 'started checking epic-games');
 const db = await jsonDb('epic-games.json');
 db.data ||= {};
 
-let exit = false;
-process.on('SIGINT', () => { // e.g. when killed by Ctrl-C
-  console.log('\nInterrupted by SIGINT. Exit! Exception shows where the script was:\n');
-  exit = true;
-});
+handleSIGINT();
 
 // https://www.nopecha.com extension source from https://github.com/NopeCHA/NopeCHA/releases/tag/0.1.16
 // const ext = path.resolve('nopecha'); // used in Chromium, currently not needed in Firefox
@@ -193,8 +189,8 @@ try {
   }
 } catch (error) {
   console.error(error); // .toString()?
-  process.exitCode = 1;
-  if (error.message && !exit)
+  process.exitCode ||= 1;
+  if (error.message && process.exitCode != 130)
     notify(`epic-games failed: ${error.message.split('\n')[0]}`);
 } finally {
   await db.write(); // write out json db
diff --git a/gog.js b/gog.js
index b0a582c..4128e89 100644
--- a/gog.js
+++ b/gog.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { firefox } from 'playwright-firefox'; // stealth plugin needs no outdated playwright-extra
 import path from 'path';
-import { jsonDb, datetime, filenamify, prompt, notify, html_game_list } from './util.js';
+import { jsonDb, datetime, filenamify, prompt, notify, html_game_list, handleSIGINT } from './util.js';
 import { cfg } from './config.js';
 
 const URL_CLAIM = 'https://www.gog.com/en';
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@ console.log(datetime(), 'started checking gog');
 const db = await jsonDb('gog.json');
 db.data ||= {};
 
-let exit = false;
-process.on('SIGINT', () => { // e.g. when killed by Ctrl-C
-  console.log('\nInterrupted by SIGINT. Exit! Exception shows where the script was:\n');
-  exit = true;
-});
+handleSIGINT();
 
 // https://playwright.dev/docs/auth#multi-factor-authentication
 const context = await firefox.launchPersistentContext(cfg.dir.browser, {
@@ -138,8 +134,8 @@ try {
   }
 } catch (error) {
   console.error(error); // .toString()?
-  process.exitCode = 1;
-  if (error.message && !exit)
+  process.exitCode ||= 1;
+  if (error.message && process.exitCode != 130)
     notify(`gog failed: ${error.message.split('\n')[0]}`);
 } finally {
   await db.write(); // write out json db
diff --git a/prime-gaming.js b/prime-gaming.js
index 4075062..7405f91 100644
--- a/prime-gaming.js
+++ b/prime-gaming.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { firefox } from 'playwright-firefox'; // stealth plugin needs no outdated playwright-extra
 import { authenticator } from 'otplib';
 import path from 'path';
-import { jsonDb, datetime, stealth, filenamify, prompt, notify, html_game_list } from './util.js';
+import { jsonDb, datetime, stealth, filenamify, prompt, notify, html_game_list, handleSIGINT } from './util.js';
 import { cfg } from './config.js';
 
 // const URL_LOGIN = 'https://www.amazon.de/ap/signin'; // wrong. needs some session args to be valid?
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ console.log(datetime(), 'started checking prime-gaming');
 const db = await jsonDb('prime-gaming.json');
 db.data ||= {};
 
-let exit = false;
-process.on('SIGINT', () => { // e.g. when killed by Ctrl-C
-  console.log('\nInterrupted by SIGINT. Exit! Exception shows where the script was:\n');
-  exit = true;
-});
+handleSIGINT();
 
 // https://playwright.dev/docs/auth#multi-factor-authentication
 const context = await firefox.launchPersistentContext(cfg.dir.browser, {
@@ -170,8 +166,8 @@ try {
   await page.locator(games_sel).screenshot({ path: p });
 } catch (error) {
   console.error(error); // .toString()?
-  process.exitCode = 1;
-  if (error.message && !exit)
+  process.exitCode ||= 1;
+  if (error.message && process.exitCode != 130)
     notify(`prime-gaming failed: ${error.message.split('\n')[0]}`);
 } finally {
   await db.write(); // write out json db
diff --git a/util.js b/util.js
index cd05832..1666a58 100644
--- a/util.js
+++ b/util.js
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ export const datetime = (d = new Date()) => d.toISOString().replace('T', ' ').re
 export const datetimeLocal = (d = new Date()) => datetime(new Date(d.getTime() - new Date().getTimezoneOffset() * 60000));
 export const filenamify = s => s.replaceAll(':', '.').replace(/[^a-z0-9 _\-.]/gi, '_'); // alternative: https://www.npmjs.com/package/filenamify - On Unix-like systems, / is reserved. On Windows, <>:"/\|?* along with trailing periods are reserved.
 
+export const handleSIGINT = () => process.on('SIGINT', () => { // e.g. when killed by Ctrl-C
+  console.error('\nInterrupted by SIGINT. Exit!'); // Exception shows where the script was:\n'); // killed before catch in docker...
+  process.exitCode = 130; // 128+SIGINT to indicate to parent that process was killed
+});
 
 // stealth with playwright: https://github.com/berstend/puppeteer-extra/issues/454#issuecomment-917437212
 // gets userAgent and then removes "Headless" from it