diff --git a/media.py b/media.py
index b8b0782..166a787 100755
--- a/media.py
+++ b/media.py
@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import pydbus
+import signal
 from gi.repository import GLib
 
+# ignore the SIGUSR1 signal, we don't want to quit if we get this
+def sigusr1_helper(*args):
+    pass
+signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR1, sigusr1_helper)
+
 
 def stringify(enc):
     """Turn NUL-terminated array-of-int into a str"""