diff --git a/weed/command/fuse.go b/weed/command/fuse.go
index 9832b4f72..a5461a7f8 100644
--- a/weed/command/fuse.go
+++ b/weed/command/fuse.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func runFuse(cmd *Command, args []string) bool {
 		argv := append(os.Args, "-o", "child="+strconv.Itoa(pid))
 
 		c := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
-		signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGUSR1)
+		signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGTERM)
 
 		attr := os.ProcAttr{}
 		attr.Env = os.Environ()