diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 9c05326..6a8f058 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 #include <opencv4/opencv2/opencv.hpp>
 #include <opencv4/opencv2/videoio.hpp>
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ using namespace cv;
 using namespace std;
 using namespace std::filesystem;
 
-#define APP_VER     "1.6.t4"
+#define APP_VER     "1.6.t5"
 #define APP_NAME    "Motion Watch"
 #define TRIM_REMOVE " \n\r\t\f\v."
 
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ struct shared_t
     string         webRoot;
     bool           init;
     bool           skipCmd;
+    bool           updateRoot;
     int            cmdFinished;
     int            clipLen;
     int            frameGap;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index b22254b..6e39e18 100755
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ void recLoop(shared_t *share)
 {
     while (rdConf(share))
     {
-        recLog("rec_loop() -- start", share);
-
         enforceMaxLogSize(share->recLogPath, share);
         enforceMaxLogSize(share->detLogPath, share);
 
@@ -151,7 +149,9 @@ void recLoop(shared_t *share)
 
         initLogFrontPages(share);
 
-        if (!exists("/tmp/mow-lock"))
+        recLog("rec_loop() -- start", share);
+
+        if (!exists("/tmp/mow-lock") && share->updateRoot)
         {
             system("touch /tmp/mow-lock");
 
@@ -160,10 +160,8 @@ void recLoop(shared_t *share)
 
             remove("/tmp/mow-lock");
             recLog("webroot page updated: " + cleanDir(share->webRoot) + "/index.html", share);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            recLog("skipping update of the webroot page, it is busy.", share);
+
+            share->updateRoot = false;
         }
 
         genHTMLul(share->outDir, share->camName, share);
@@ -238,10 +236,37 @@ void recLoop(shared_t *share)
     }
 }
 
+void sigHandler(int signal, siginfo_t *info, void *context)
+{
+    cerr << "received signal details: "         << endl;
+    cerr << "-- si_pid:    " << info->si_pid    << endl;
+    cerr << "-- si_signo:  " << info->si_signo  << endl;
+    cerr << "-- si_code:   " << info->si_code   << endl;
+    cerr << "-- si_errno:  " << info->si_errno  << endl;
+    cerr << "-- si_uid:    " << info->si_uid    << endl;
+    cerr << "-- si_addr:   " << info->si_addr   << endl;
+    cerr << "-- si_status: " << info->si_status << endl;
+    cerr << "-- si_band:   " << info->si_band   << endl;
+
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     struct shared_t sharedRes;
 
+    struct sigaction act = { 0 };
+
+    act.sa_flags     = SA_SIGINFO;
+    act.sa_sigaction = &sigHandler;
+
+    sigaction(SIGTERM, &act, NULL);
+    sigaction(SIGABRT, &act, NULL);
+    sigaction(SIGSEGV, &act, NULL);
+    sigaction(SIGILL,  &act, NULL);
+    sigaction(SIGFPE,  &act, NULL);
+    sigaction(SIGBUS,  &act, NULL);
+
     sharedRes.conf = parseForList("-c", argc, argv);
 
     if (parseForParam("-h", argc, argv, true) == "true")
@@ -266,9 +291,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     }
     else
     {
-        sharedRes.retCode = 0;
-        sharedRes.skipCmd = false;
-        sharedRes.init    = true;
+        sharedRes.retCode    = 0;
+        sharedRes.updateRoot = true;
+        sharedRes.skipCmd    = false;
+        sharedRes.init       = true;
 
         recLoop(&sharedRes);