diff --git a/go/util/constants.go b/go/util/constants.go
index 5b7c1ee91..4c3e29edd 100644
--- a/go/util/constants.go
+++ b/go/util/constants.go
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ package util
 import ()
 
 const (
-	VERSION = "0.58"
+	VERSION = "0.59 beta"
 )
diff --git a/go/weed/signal_handling.go b/go/weed/signal_handling.go
index 5d57c8fdb..d26e3495e 100644
--- a/go/weed/signal_handling.go
+++ b/go/weed/signal_handling.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ func OnInterrupt(fn func()) {
 	signal.Notify(signalChan,
 		os.Interrupt,
 		os.Kill,
+		syscall.SIGALRM,
 		syscall.SIGHUP,
 		syscall.SIGINT,
 		syscall.SIGTERM,