diff --git a/src/ansi-shell/readline/history.js b/src/ansi-shell/readline/history.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f04b3a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ansi-shell/readline/history.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024  Puter Technologies Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Phoenix Shell.
+ *
+ * Phoenix Shell is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+export class HistoryManager {
+    constructor({ enableLogging = false } = {}) {
+        this.items = [];
+        this.index_ = 0;
+        this.listeners_ = {};
+        this.enableLogging_ = enableLogging;
+    }
+
+    log(...a) {
+        // TODO: Command line option for configuring logging
+        if ( this.enableLogging_ ) {
+            console.log('[HistoryManager]', ...a);
+        }
+    }
+
+    get index() {
+        return this.index_;
+    }
+
+    set index(v) {
+        this.log('setting index', v);
+        this.index_ = v;
+    }
+
+    get() {
+        return this.items[this.index];
+    }
+
+    // Save, overwriting the current history item
+    save(data, { opt_debug } = {}) {
+        this.log('saving', data, 'at', this.index,
+            ...(opt_debug ? [ 'from', opt_debug ] : []));
+        this.items[this.index] = data;
+
+        if (this.listeners_.hasOwnProperty('add')) {
+            for (const listener of this.listeners_.add) {
+                listener(data);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    append(data) {
+        if (
+            this.items.length !== 0 &&
+            this.index !== this.items.length
+        ) {
+            this.log('POP');
+            // remove last item
+            this.items.pop();
+        }
+        this.index = this.items.length;
+        this.save(data, { opt_debug: 'append' });
+        this.index++;
+    }
+
+    on(topic, listener) {
+        if (!this.listeners_.hasOwnProperty(topic)) {
+            this.listeners_[topic] = [];
+        }
+        this.listeners_[topic].push(listener);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ansi-shell/readline/readline.js b/src/ansi-shell/readline/readline.js
index a4fe39d..2ac42c7 100644
--- a/src/ansi-shell/readline/readline.js
+++ b/src/ansi-shell/readline/readline.js
@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-import { Context } from "../../context/context.js";
-import { CommandCompleter } from "../../puter-shell/completers/command_completer.js";
-import { FileCompleter } from "../../puter-shell/completers/file_completer.js";
+import { Context } from '../../context/context.js';
+import { CommandCompleter } from '../../puter-shell/completers/command_completer.js';
+import { FileCompleter } from '../../puter-shell/completers/file_completer.js';
 import { OptionCompleter } from '../../puter-shell/completers/option_completer.js';
-import { Uint8List } from "../../util/bytes.js";
-import { StatefulProcessorBuilder } from "../../util/statemachine.js";
-import { ANSIContext } from "../ANSIContext.js";
-import { readline_comprehend } from "./rl_comprehend.js";
-import { CSI_HANDLERS } from "./rl_csi_handlers.js";
+import { Uint8List } from '../../util/bytes.js';
+import { StatefulProcessorBuilder } from '../../util/statemachine.js';
+import { ANSIContext } from '../ANSIContext.js';
+import { readline_comprehend } from './rl_comprehend.js';
+import { CSI_HANDLERS } from './rl_csi_handlers.js';
+import { HistoryManager } from './history.js';
 
 const decoder = new TextDecoder();
 
@@ -71,6 +72,13 @@ const ReadlineProcessorBuilder = builder => builder
 
         if ( locals.byte === consts.CHAR_ETX ) {
             externs.out.write('^C\n');
+            // Exit if input line is empty
+            // FIXME: Check for 'process' is so we only do this on Node. How should we handle exiting in Puter terminal?
+            if ( process && ctx.vars.result.length === 0 ) {
+                process.exit(1);
+                return;
+            }
+            // Otherwise clear it
             ctx.vars.result = '';
             ctx.setState('end');
             return;
@@ -315,51 +323,6 @@ const ReadlineProcessor = ReadlineProcessorBuilder(
     new StatefulProcessorBuilder()
 );
 
-class HistoryManager {
-    constructor () {
-        this.items = [];
-        this.index_ = 0;
-        this.listeners_ = {};
-    }
-
-    log (...a) {
-        // TODO: proper logging and verbosity config
-        // console.log('[HistoryManager]', ...a);
-    }
-
-    get index () {
-        return this.index_;
-    }
-
-    set index (v) {
-        this.log('setting index', v);
-        this.index_ = v;
-    }
-
-    get () {
-        return this.items[this.index];
-    }
-
-    save (data, { opt_debug } = {}) {
-        this.log('saving', data, 'at', this.index,
-            ...(opt_debug ? ['from', opt_debug] : []));
-        this.items[this.index] = data;
-
-        if ( this.listeners_.hasOwnProperty('add') ) {
-            for ( const listener of this.listeners_.add ) {
-                listener(data);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    on (topic, listener) {
-        if ( ! this.listeners_.hasOwnProperty(topic) ) {
-            this.listeners_[topic] = [];
-        }
-        this.listeners_[topic].push(listener);
-    }
-}
-
 class Readline {
     constructor (params) {
         this.internal_ = {};
@@ -383,21 +346,8 @@ class Readline {
             commandCtx,
         });
 
-        // TODO: this condition, redundant to the one in ANSIShell,
-        // is an indication that HistoryManager
         if ( result.trim() !== '' ) {
-            // console.log('[HistoryManager] len?', this.history.items.length);
-            if (
-                this.history.items.length !== 0 &&
-                this.history.index !== this.history.items.length
-            ) {
-                // console.log('[HistoryManager] POP');
-                // remove last item
-                this.history.items.pop();
-            }
-            this.history.index = this.history.items.length;
-            this.history.save(result, { opt_debug: 'post-readline' });
-            this.history.index++;
+            this.history.append(result);
         }
 
         return result;
diff --git a/src/pty/NodeStdioPTT.js b/src/pty/NodeStdioPTT.js
index e0f5855..58cd947 100644
--- a/src/pty/NodeStdioPTT.js
+++ b/src/pty/NodeStdioPTT.js
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ export class NodeStdioPTT {
         process.stdin.on('data', chunk => {
             const input = new Uint8Array(chunk);
             readController.enqueue(input);
-            if (input.length === 1 && (input[0] === signals.SIGINT || input[0] === signals.SIGQUIT)) {
-                process.exit(1);
-                return;
-            }
         });
 
         this.out = writestream_node_to_web(process.stdout);