diff --git a/sphinx/src/searchd.cpp b/sphinx/src/searchd.cpp

index a845add..95fcd64 100644

--- a/sphinx/src/searchd.cpp

+++ b/sphinx/src/searchd.cpp

@@ -1745,8 +1745,11 @@ LONG WINAPI SphCrashLogger_c::HandleCrash ( EXCEPTION_POINTERS * pExc )

 #if !USE_WINDOWS

 	sphSafeInfo ( g_iLogFile, "Handling signal %d", sig );

 	// print message to stdout during daemon start

-	if ( g_bLogStdout && g_iLogFile!=STDOUT_FILENO )

+	if ( g_bLogStdout && g_iLogFile!=STDOUT_FILENO ) {

 		sphSafeInfo ( STDOUT_FILENO, "Crash!!! Handling signal %d", sig );

+		sphSafeInfo ( STDOUT_FILENO, "Immediately exiting due possible hungup in sphBacktrace()" );

+		CRASH_EXIT;

+	}

 	sphBacktrace ( g_iLogFile, g_bSafeTrace );

 #else

 	sphBacktrace ( pExc, (char *)g_dCrashQueryBuff );