diff --git a/PyMemoryEditor/__main__.py b/PyMemoryEditor/__main__.py
index bdcf06c..912ae30 100644
--- a/PyMemoryEditor/__main__.py
+++ b/PyMemoryEditor/__main__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from PyMemoryEditor.app.application import main
+from PyMemoryEditor.app.application import main_cli
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    main_cli()
diff --git a/PyMemoryEditor/app/__init__.py b/PyMemoryEditor/app/__init__.py
index 23c7032..e311bd9 100644
--- a/PyMemoryEditor/app/__init__.py
+++ b/PyMemoryEditor/app/__init__.py
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@
 A Cheat-Engine-inspired memory editor built on PySide6 (Qt for Python).
 Cross-platform: works on Windows, Linux and macOS.
 
-Entry point: PyMemoryEditor.app.application:main
+Entry points: PyMemoryEditor.app.application:main_cli for the console script
+(adds Ctrl+C handling), :main to run the app in-process without touching the
+caller's signal handlers.
 """
diff --git a/PyMemoryEditor/app/application.py b/PyMemoryEditor/app/application.py
index 663ae45..8841d4b 100644
--- a/PyMemoryEditor/app/application.py
+++ b/PyMemoryEditor/app/application.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 working on Windows, Linux and macOS.
 """
 import sys
+import signal
+import contextlib
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 from PyMemoryEditor import __version__
@@ -451,14 +453,50 @@ def apply_dark_theme(app) -> None:
 """
 
 
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def _scoped_signal_handler(signalnum, handler):
+    """
+    Temporarily change a signal handler in the scope of a with block.
+
+    Becomes a no-op off the main thread, where `signal.signal` raises
+    ValueError: an embedder driving the app from a worker thread shouldn't be
+    hard-crashed just because the Ctrl+C handler can't be installed there.
+    """
+    try:
+        previous_handler = signal.signal(signalnum, handler)
+    except ValueError:
+        # Off the main thread. (`signal.signal` also raises ValueError for a
+        # signal number the platform rejects, but the only call site passes
+        # SIGINT, which every supported platform has.)
+        yield
+        return
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        # `signal.signal` reports None when "an unknown handler is in effect",
+        # i.e. one installed outside Python — plausible when the app is
+        # embedded in a host that set SIGINT up in C before the signal module
+        # initialized. Passing that None back raises TypeError, which would
+        # blow up on the way out of a run that otherwise succeeded, so leave
+        # the handler alone instead: SIG_DFL is closer to the host's intent
+        # than a crash.
+        if previous_handler is not None:
+            signal.signal(signalnum, previous_handler)
+
+
 def main(argv=None):
     """
-    Entry point for the ``pymemoryeditor`` console script.
+    Run the app. Safe to call in-process: it installs no signal handler.
 
     ``argv`` defaults to ``sys.argv`` so packaging tools (which call
     ``main()`` with no arguments) keep working. Tests and embedders can pass
     an explicit list — previously a positional ``*args`` was accepted but
     ignored, which made the parameter meaningless.
+
+    Terminal users want Ctrl+C to kill the app, which takes a process-wide
+    signal change — see :func:`main_cli`, the console-script entry point.
+    Library callers get this function untouched so embedding the app can't
+    disturb the host's own SIGINT handling.
     """
     if argv is None:
         argv = sys.argv
@@ -506,5 +544,23 @@ def main(argv=None):
             pass
 
 
+def main_cli(argv=None):
+    """
+    Entry point for the ``pymemoryeditor`` console script and ``python -m``.
+
+    Qt's event loop blocks inside C++, so Python's default SIGINT handler only
+    runs once the interpreter next regains control. In practice it raised
+    KeyboardInterrupt inside our own _PointerCursorFilter.eventFilter override,
+    where PySide6 swallows it and merely prints a traceback (#76). Hand SIGINT
+    back to the OS for the duration of the run so Ctrl+C from a terminal
+    terminates the app immediately.
+
+    Kept separate from :func:`main` so that process-wide change only happens
+    when the app *is* the process, never when it is embedded in someone else's.
+    """
+    with _scoped_signal_handler(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL):
+        return main(argv)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    main_cli()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 413fb80..4a360f3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
-pymemoryeditor = "PyMemoryEditor.app.application:main"
+# main_cli wraps main() with the SIGINT scope guard that makes Ctrl+C kill the
+# app from a terminal (#76). Library callers should use main() directly, which
+# installs no signal handler.
+pymemoryeditor = "PyMemoryEditor.app.application:main_cli"
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/JeanExtreme002/PyMemoryEditor"
diff --git a/tests/app/test_app_smoke.py b/tests/app/test_app_smoke.py
index d8b6053..9e48b1a 100644
--- a/tests/app/test_app_smoke.py
+++ b/tests/app/test_app_smoke.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
      version flag).
   3. With PySide6 available, the ``MainWindow`` and ``CheatTable`` widgets can
      be constructed against a self-PID ``OpenProcess`` and torn down cleanly.
+  4. Ctrl+C handling stays where it belongs: ``main_cli()`` scopes SIG_DFL to
+     the run so a terminal can kill the blocked Qt event loop, while ``main()``
+     leaves the process-wide handler untouched for in-process callers.
 
 Skipped when ``PySide6`` isn't installed (the runtime dependency is opt-in via
 the ``app`` extra).
@@ -53,6 +56,140 @@ def test_version_flag_prints_and_exits(capsys):
     assert result is None
 
 
+def _stub_cancelled_picker(monkeypatch):
+    """Make the process picker cancel, so main() returns before building a window."""
+    from PyMemoryEditor.app import open_process_dialog
+
+    class _RejectedDialog:
+        class DialogCode:
+            Accepted = 1
+
+        def exec(self):
+            return 0  # anything != Accepted
+
+        process = None
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(open_process_dialog, "OpenProcessDialog", _RejectedDialog)
+
+
+def _sentinel_handler(signum, frame):  # pragma: no cover - installed, never raised
+    pass
+
+
+def test_main_leaves_the_callers_sigint_handler_alone(monkeypatch):
+    """
+    ``main()`` is a supported in-process entry point, so it must not touch the
+    process-wide SIGINT handler: an embedder's own Ctrl+C handling has to
+    survive running the app. The terminal-facing behaviour lives in
+    ``main_cli()`` instead.
+    """
+    import signal
+
+    from PyMemoryEditor.app import application
+
+    _stub_cancelled_picker(monkeypatch)
+
+    original = signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, _sentinel_handler)
+    try:
+        assert application.main(["pymemoryeditor"]) is None
+        assert signal.getsignal(signal.SIGINT) is _sentinel_handler
+    finally:
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, original)
+
+
+def test_main_cli_scopes_sig_dfl_to_the_run(monkeypatch):
+    """
+    ``main_cli()`` is what the console script and ``python -m`` invoke. It hands
+    SIGINT to the OS so Ctrl+C kills the blocked Qt event loop (#76), then puts
+    the previous handler back so the change doesn't outlive the run.
+    """
+    import signal
+
+    from PyMemoryEditor.app import application, open_process_dialog
+
+    seen = {}
+
+    class _ProbingDialog:
+        class DialogCode:
+            Accepted = 1
+
+        def exec(self):
+            # Sampled mid-run: this is where the Qt event loop would block.
+            seen["inside"] = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGINT)
+            return 0
+
+        process = None
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(open_process_dialog, "OpenProcessDialog", _ProbingDialog)
+
+    original = signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, _sentinel_handler)
+    try:
+        assert application.main_cli(["pymemoryeditor"]) is None
+        assert seen["inside"] is signal.SIG_DFL
+        assert signal.getsignal(signal.SIGINT) is _sentinel_handler
+    finally:
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, original)
+
+
+def test_scoped_signal_handler_is_a_noop_off_the_main_thread():
+    """
+    ``signal.signal`` only works on the main thread. The helper must degrade to
+    a no-op there instead of raising, so an embedder that drives the app from a
+    worker thread keeps working.
+    """
+    import signal
+    import threading
+
+    from PyMemoryEditor.app.application import _scoped_signal_handler
+
+    outcome = {}
+
+    def worker():
+        try:
+            with _scoped_signal_handler(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL):
+                outcome["body_ran"] = True
+            outcome["error"] = None
+        except BaseException as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - report, don't swallow
+            outcome["error"] = exc
+
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=worker)
+    thread.start()
+    thread.join(timeout=10)
+
+    assert outcome.get("body_ran") is True
+    assert outcome.get("error") is None
+
+
+def test_scoped_signal_handler_tolerates_unknown_previous_handler(monkeypatch):
+    """
+    ``signal.signal`` reports ``None`` as the previous handler when "an unknown
+    handler is in effect" — one installed outside Python, which is what an
+    embedding host may have done before the signal module initialized. Handing
+    that ``None`` back to ``signal.signal`` raises TypeError, so the guard has
+    to skip the restore rather than crash on the way out of a good run.
+    """
+    import signal
+
+    from PyMemoryEditor.app.application import _scoped_signal_handler
+
+    real_signal = signal.signal
+    original = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGINT)
+
+    def fake_signal(signum, handler):
+        """Report None on the way in, like a C-installed handler would."""
+        real_signal(signum, handler)
+        return None if handler is signal.SIG_DFL else original
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(signal, "signal", fake_signal)
+    try:
+        with _scoped_signal_handler(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL):
+            pass
+    finally:
+        monkeypatch.undo()
+        if original is not None:
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, original)
+
+
 def test_app_modules_import_cleanly():
     """Every app submodule should import without side effects beyond Qt setup."""
     # Order matches the dependency graph: leaves first, container last.