diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5022106..5c91e8c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-tungstenite",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower-http",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6ed48ce..000c9ce 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ rgb = "0.8.37"
 url = "2.5.0"
 tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.21.0", features = ["rustls-tls-webpki-roots"] }
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
+tokio-util = "0.7.10"
 
 [profile.release]
 strip = true
diff --git a/src/streamer/forwarder.rs b/src/streamer/forwarder.rs
index a0d4215..0d0ef31 100644
--- a/src/streamer/forwarder.rs
+++ b/src/streamer/forwarder.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use futures_util::{future, stream, SinkExt, Stream, StreamExt};
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
-use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 use tokio_stream::wrappers::errors::BroadcastStreamRecvError;
 use tokio_stream::wrappers::IntervalStream;
 use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::protocol::frame::coding::CloseCode;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub async fn forward(
     url: url::Url,
     clients_tx: mpsc::Sender<session::Client>,
     notifier_tx: std::sync::mpsc::Sender<String>,
-    mut shutdown_rx: broadcast::Receiver<()>,
+    shutdown_token: tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken,
 ) {
     info!("forwarding to {url}");
     let mut reconnect_attempt = 0;
@@ -79,11 +79,9 @@ pub async fn forward(
 
         tokio::select! {
             _ = tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(delay)) => (),
-            _ = shutdown_rx.recv() => break
+            _ = shutdown_token.cancelled() => break
         }
     }
-
-    info!("shutting down");
 }
 
 async fn connect_and_forward(
@@ -124,11 +122,7 @@ where
             event = events.next() => {
                 match event {
                     Some(event) => sink.send(event?).await?,
-
-                    None => {
-                        info!("session ended");
-                        return Ok(true);
-                    }
+                    None => return Ok(true)
                 }
             },
 
diff --git a/src/streamer/mod.rs b/src/streamer/mod.rs
index d27ad94..ff3b861 100644
--- a/src/streamer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/streamer/mod.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use std::net;
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::time::Instant;
-use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 use tracing::info;
 
 pub struct Streamer {
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@ impl pty::Recorder for Streamer {
     fn start(&mut self, tty_size: tty::TtySize) -> io::Result<()> {
         let pty_rx = self.pty_rx.take().unwrap();
         let (clients_tx, mut clients_rx) = mpsc::channel(1);
-        let (shutdown_tx, _shutdown_rx) = broadcast::channel::<()>(1);
+        let shutdown_token = tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken::new();
         let runtime = build_tokio_runtime();
 
         let server = self.listener.take().map(|listener| {
             runtime.spawn(server::serve(
                 listener,
                 clients_tx.clone(),
-                shutdown_tx.subscribe(),
+                shutdown_token.clone(),
             ))
         });
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ impl pty::Recorder for Streamer {
                 url,
                 clients_tx,
                 self.notifier_tx.clone(),
-                shutdown_tx.subscribe(),
+                shutdown_token.clone(),
             ))
         });
 
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ impl pty::Recorder for Streamer {
         self.event_loop_handle = wrap_thread_handle(thread::spawn(move || {
             runtime.block_on(async move {
                 event_loop(pty_rx, &mut clients_rx, tty_size, theme).await;
-                let _ = shutdown_tx.send(());
+                info!("shutting down");
+                shutdown_token.cancel();
 
                 if let Some(task) = server {
                     let _ = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), task).await;
diff --git a/src/streamer/server.rs b/src/streamer/server.rs
index e76b44b..c43e942 100644
--- a/src/streamer/server.rs
+++ b/src/streamer/server.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::future;
 use std::io;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
-use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 use tokio_stream::wrappers::errors::BroadcastStreamRecvError;
 use tower_http::trace;
 use tracing::info;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct Assets;
 pub async fn serve(
     listener: std::net::TcpListener,
     clients_tx: mpsc::Sender<session::Client>,
-    mut shutdown_rx: broadcast::Receiver<()>,
+    shutdown_token: tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken,
 ) -> io::Result<()> {
     listener.set_nonblocking(true)?;
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::from_std(listener)?;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub async fn serve(
         .layer(trace);
 
     let signal = async move {
-        let _ = shutdown_rx.recv().await;
+        let _ = shutdown_token.cancelled().await;
     };
 
     info!(