diff --git a/binaries/daemon/src/lib.rs b/binaries/daemon/src/lib.rs
index 33efc154..5c31308e 100644
--- a/binaries/daemon/src/lib.rs
+++ b/binaries/daemon/src/lib.rs
@@ -64,14 +64,16 @@ impl Daemon {
         coordinator_addr: SocketAddr,
         machine_id: String,
         dora_runtime_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+        external_events: impl Stream<Item = Event> + Unpin,
     ) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         // connect to the coordinator
         let coordinator_events = coordinator::register(coordinator_addr, machine_id.clone())
             .await
             .wrap_err("failed to connect to dora-coordinator")?
             .map(Event::Coordinator);
+
         Self::run_general(
-            coordinator_events,
+            (coordinator_events, external_events).merge(),
             Some(coordinator_addr),
             machine_id,
             None,
@@ -153,23 +155,6 @@ impl Daemon {
         exit_when_done: Option<BTreeSet<(Uuid, NodeId)>>,
         dora_runtime_path: Option<PathBuf>,
     ) -> eyre::Result<Vec<(Uuid, NodeId, eyre::Report)>> {
-        let (dora_events_tx, dora_events_rx) = mpsc::channel(5);
-        let ctrlc_tx = dora_events_tx.clone();
-        let mut ctrlc_sent = false;
-        ctrlc::set_handler(move || {
-            if ctrlc_sent {
-                tracing::warn!("received second ctrlc signal -> aborting immediately");
-                std::process::abort();
-            } else {
-                tracing::info!("received ctrlc signal");
-                if ctrlc_tx.blocking_send(Event::CtrlC).is_err() {
-                    tracing::error!("failed to report ctrl-c event to dora-daemon");
-                }
-                ctrlc_sent = true;
-            }
-        })
-        .wrap_err("failed to set ctrl-c handler")?;
-
         let coordinator_connection = match coordinator_addr {
             Some(addr) => {
                 let stream = TcpStream::connect(addr)
@@ -183,6 +168,7 @@ impl Daemon {
             None => None,
         };
 
+        let (dora_events_tx, dora_events_rx) = mpsc::channel(5);
         let daemon = Self {
             running: HashMap::new(),
             events_tx: dora_events_tx,
diff --git a/binaries/daemon/src/main.rs b/binaries/daemon/src/main.rs
index 0e72fbec..bcb9abe0 100644
--- a/binaries/daemon/src/main.rs
+++ b/binaries/daemon/src/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 use dora_core::topics::DORA_COORDINATOR_PORT_DEFAULT;
-use dora_daemon::Daemon;
+use dora_daemon::{Daemon, Event};
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
 use dora_tracing::set_up_tracing;
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
 use eyre::Context;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+use tokio_stream::wrappers::ReceiverStream;
 
 use std::{net::Ipv4Addr, path::PathBuf};
 
@@ -33,6 +35,25 @@ async fn run() -> eyre::Result<()> {
         dora_runtime_path,
     } = clap::Parser::parse();
 
+    let ctrl_c_events = {
+        let (ctrl_c_tx, ctrl_c_rx) = mpsc::channel(1);
+        let mut ctrlc_sent = false;
+        ctrlc::set_handler(move || {
+            if ctrlc_sent {
+                tracing::warn!("received second ctrlc signal -> aborting immediately");
+                std::process::abort();
+            } else {
+                tracing::info!("received ctrlc signal");
+                if ctrl_c_tx.blocking_send(Event::CtrlC).is_err() {
+                    tracing::error!("failed to report ctrl-c event to dora-daemon");
+                }
+                ctrlc_sent = true;
+            }
+        })
+        .wrap_err("failed to set ctrl-c handler")?;
+        ReceiverStream::new(ctrl_c_rx)
+    };
+
     match run_dataflow {
         Some(dataflow_path) => {
             tracing::info!("Starting dataflow `{}`", dataflow_path.display());
@@ -46,7 +67,13 @@ async fn run() -> eyre::Result<()> {
 
             let machine_id = String::new(); // TODO
 
-            Daemon::run(coordinator_socket.into(), machine_id, dora_runtime_path).await
+            Daemon::run(
+                coordinator_socket.into(),
+                machine_id,
+                dora_runtime_path,
+                ctrl_c_events,
+            )
+            .await
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/multiple-daemons/run.rs b/examples/multiple-daemons/run.rs
index 0280278f..23056f4a 100644
--- a/examples/multiple-daemons/run.rs
+++ b/examples/multiple-daemons/run.rs
@@ -32,9 +32,18 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
     )
     .await?;
     let coordinator_addr = SocketAddr::new(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST.into(), coordinator_port);
-    let daemon_a =
-        dora_daemon::Daemon::run(coordinator_addr, "A".into(), dora_runtime_path.clone());
-    let daemon_b = dora_daemon::Daemon::run(coordinator_addr, "B".into(), dora_runtime_path);
+    let daemon_a = dora_daemon::Daemon::run(
+        coordinator_addr,
+        "A".into(),
+        dora_runtime_path.clone(),
+        stream::empty(),
+    );
+    let daemon_b = dora_daemon::Daemon::run(
+        coordinator_addr,
+        "B".into(),
+        dora_runtime_path,
+        stream::empty(),
+    );
 
     let mut tasks = JoinSet::new();
     tasks.spawn(coordinator);