diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Logger.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Logger.cpp
index 42caca6..8c75cb9 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Logger.cpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Base/Logger.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 	{
 		spdlog::error("Received signal {}", sigCode);
 		spdlog::shutdown();
+		// NOTE(vb): I'm not sure what function to call here and with what code: either std::exit() in order to
+		// cleanup resources or std::_exit() which quits the app immediately
+		std::exit(0);
 	}
 
 #ifdef _WIN32