diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8786fda18..260c0c7d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
   * core: Strings in the configuration can escape double-quotes with the
       standard `\"` syntax.
   * core: Error parsing CLI config will show properly. [GH-288]
+  * core: More than one Ctrl-C will exit immediately.
   * providers/aws: autoscaling_group can be launched into a vpc [GH-259]
   * providers/aws: not an error when RDS instance is deleted manually. [GH-307]
   * providers/aws: Retry deleting subnet for some time while AWS eventually
diff --git a/command/apply.go b/command/apply.go
index c7c189a26..1474bc2ea 100644
--- a/command/apply.go
+++ b/command/apply.go
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func (c *ApplyCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		c.Ui.Output("Interrupt received. Gracefully shutting down...")
 
 		// Stop execution
-		ctx.Stop()
+		go ctx.Stop()
 
 		// Still get the result, since there is still one
 		select {