diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index afe1777..9ad89fe 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1536,6 +1536,23 @@ pytest = ">=4.6"
 [package.extras]
 testing = ["fields", "hunter", "process-tests", "pytest-xdist", "six", "virtualenv"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest-mock"
+version = "3.11.1"
+description = "Thin-wrapper around the mock package for easier use with pytest"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "pytest-mock-3.11.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7f6b125602ac6d743e523ae0bfa71e1a697a2f5534064528c6ff84c2f7c2fc7f"},
+    {file = "pytest_mock-3.11.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:21c279fff83d70763b05f8874cc9cfb3fcacd6d354247a976f9529d19f9acf39"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+pytest = ">=5.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["pre-commit", "pytest-asyncio", "tox"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "python-dateutil"
 version = "2.8.2"
@@ -2012,4 +2029,4 @@ h11 = ">=0.9.0,<1"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "409dcbb9f27079667033d1111bdc1ca99436c0e28568562dece75b590aa80e08"
+content-hash = "b2763b13a2e00c8094a0c30f6157e72c118bab47ab2d9a0357345b33693e6afa"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 29182d5..a25d589 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ flake8-pep604 = "^0.1.0"
 flake8-eradicate = "^1.4.0"
 matplotlib = "^3.7.2"
 pyright = "^1.1.323"
+pytest-mock = "^3.11.1"
 
 
 [tool.poetry.group.docs.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/pydase/server/server.py b/src/pydase/server/server.py
index 454739f..3b32396 100644
--- a/src/pydase/server/server.py
+++ b/src/pydase/server/server.py
@@ -358,20 +358,16 @@ class Server:
             # Signals can only be listened to from the main thread.
             return
 
-        try:
-            for sig in HANDLED_SIGNALS:
-                self._loop.add_signal_handler(sig, self.handle_exit, sig, None)
-        except NotImplementedError:
-            # Windows
-            for sig in HANDLED_SIGNALS:
-                signal.signal(sig, self.handle_exit)
+        for sig in HANDLED_SIGNALS:
+            signal.signal(sig, self.handle_exit)
 
     def handle_exit(self, sig: int = 0, frame: Optional[FrameType] = None) -> None:
-        logger.info("Handling exit")
         if self.should_exit and sig == signal.SIGINT:
-            self.force_exit = True
+            logger.warning(f"Received signal {sig}, forcing exit...")
+            os._exit(1)
         else:
             self.should_exit = True
+            logger.warning(f"Received signal {sig}, exiting...")
 
     def custom_exception_handler(
         self, loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop, context: dict[str, Any]
diff --git a/tests/server/test_server.py b/tests/server/test_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82e89bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/server/test_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import signal
+
+from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
+
+import pydase
+
+
+def test_signal_handling(mocker: MockerFixture):
+    # Mock os._exit and signal.signal
+    mock_exit = mocker.patch("os._exit")
+    mock_signal = mocker.patch("signal.signal")
+
+    class MyService(pydase.DataService):
+        pass
+
+    # Instantiate your server object
+    server = pydase.Server(MyService())
+
+    # Call the method to install signal handlers
+    server.install_signal_handlers()
+
+    # Check if the signal handlers were registered correctly
+    assert mock_signal.call_args_list == [
+        mocker.call(signal.SIGINT, server.handle_exit),
+        mocker.call(signal.SIGTERM, server.handle_exit),
+    ]
+
+    # Simulate receiving a SIGINT signal for the first time
+    server.handle_exit(signal.SIGINT, None)
+    assert server.should_exit  # assuming should_exit is public
+    mock_exit.assert_not_called()
+
+    # Simulate receiving a SIGINT signal for the second time
+    server.handle_exit(signal.SIGINT, None)
+    mock_exit.assert_called_once_with(1)