diff --git a/pipe_io_server.py b/pipe_io_server.py
index 8659583..3141c24 100644
--- a/pipe_io_server.py
+++ b/pipe_io_server.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 from threading import Thread
 from queue import Queue
-from os import mkfifo, remove
+from os import mkfifo, remove, getpid, kill
 from os.path import exists, join
+from signal import SIGTERM
 from secrets import token_urlsafe
 from collections import namedtuple
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from traceback import print_exc
 
 
 class PipeWriterThread(Thread):
@@ -43,7 +45,11 @@ class PipeReaderThread(Thread):
                 message = pipe.read()
             if message == self._stop_sequence:
                 break
-            self._message_handler(message)
+            try:
+                self._message_handler(message)
+            except:
+                print_exc()
+                kill(getpid(), SIGTERM)
 
     def stop(self):
         with open(self._pipe_path, 'wb') as pipe: