diff --git a/bind-input b/bind-input
index 296f42d..8379c41 100755
--- a/bind-input
+++ b/bind-input
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ touch $BUFFER;
 (
 
 	echo " > binding port $IN_PT to $BUFFER";
+	trap "kill -9 $NC_PID 2>/dev/null; exit 1;" HUP INT KILL TERM;
 
-	trap "kill -9 $NC_PID 2>/dev/null" INT KILL;
 	infail=0;
 
 	# (1) kill script after 10 failures
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ touch $BUFFER;
 
 		# (5) Bind input
 		infail="0";
-		( nc -lp $IN_PT >> $BUFFER 2>/dev/null )&
+		nc -lp $IN_PT >> $BUFFER 2>/dev/null&
 		NC_PID=$!;
 		wait $NC_PID;
 
@@ -74,10 +74,13 @@ LOOP_PID=$!;
 # (2) Remove buffer + kill loop #
 on_exit(){
 	echo " < closing binding port $IN_PT to $BUFFER";
-	rm $BUFFER 2>/dev/null;
-	kill -9 $LOOP_PID 2>/dev/null;
+	rm $BUFFER 2>/dev/null && echo " < $BUFFER deleted";
+
+	kill -INT $LOOP_PID 2>/dev/null;
+
+	exit 1;
 }
-trap "on_exit;" INT KILL;
+trap "on_exit;" HUP INT KILL TERM;
 
 wait $LOOP_PID;
 
diff --git a/bind-output b/bind-output
index 46c1d80..2ee442b 100755
--- a/bind-output
+++ b/bind-output
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ touch $BUFFER;
 #--------------------------------------------------------#
 (
 	echo " > binding $BUFFER to $OUT_IP:$OUT_PT";
+	trap "kill -9 $NC_PID 2>/dev/null; exit 1;" HUP INT KILL TERM;
 
-	trap "kill -9 %1 2>/dev/null" INT KILL;
 	outfail=0;
 
 	# (1) kill script after 10 failures
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ touch $BUFFER;
 
 		# (5) Bind output
 		outfail="0";
-		( tail -f $BUFFER | nc $OUT_IP $OUT_PT 2> /dev/null )&
-		wait $!;
+		tail -f $BUFFER | nc $OUT_IP $OUT_PT 2> /dev/null &
+		NC_PID=$!;
+		wait $NC_PID;
 
 	done;
 
@@ -73,10 +74,13 @@ LOOP_PID=$!;
 # (2) Remove buffer + kill loop #
 on_exit(){
 	echo " < closing binding from $BUFFER to $OUT_IP:$OUT_PT";
-	rm $BUFFER 2>/dev/null;
-	kill -9 $LOOP_PID 2>/dev/null;
+	rm $BUFFER 2>/dev/null && echo " < $BUFFER deleted";
+
+	kill -INT $LOOP_PID 2>/dev/null;
+
+	exit 1;
 }
-trap "on_exit;" INT KILL;
+trap "on_exit;" HUP INT KILL TERM;
 
 wait $LOOP_PID;