diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index 50317a04..c19adb38 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 //! [`predifi_backend::run_server`].
 
 use predifi_backend::config::Config;
+use predifi_backend::run_server;
 
 /// Build the CORS middleware layer from the validated origin list in `config`.
 ///
diff --git a/backend/src/shutdown.rs b/backend/src/shutdown.rs
index a04fcac6..578f5147 100644
--- a/backend/src/shutdown.rs
+++ b/backend/src/shutdown.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,38 @@ use tracing::{info, warn};
 /// On non-Unix platforms only `SIGINT` is registered.
 #[cfg(unix)]
 pub async fn wait_for_signal() {
+    // Build the three arms: a missing handler becomes a future that never
+    // resolves, leaving the surviving handlers in charge of triggering the
+    // `select!`.  No early-return paths are taken because a single failed
+    // installation must never prevent the other signals from working.
+    let mut terminate_signal = match tokio::signal::unix::signal(
+        tokio::signal::unix::SignalKind::terminate(),
+    ) {
+        Ok(signal) => Some(signal),
+        Err(error) => {
+            warn!(error = %error, "failed to install SIGTERM handler; skipping");
+            None
+        }
+    };
+
+    let mut hangup_signal = match tokio::signal::unix::signal(tokio::signal::unix::SignalKind::hangup()) {
+        Ok(signal) => Some(signal),
+        Err(error) => {
+            warn!(error = %error, "failed to install SIGHUP handler; skipping");
+            None
+        }
+    };
+
+    let ctrl_c_block = async {
+        match tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await {
+            Ok(()) => info!("received Ctrl+C, beginning graceful shutdown"),
+            Err(error) => warn!(error = %error, "Ctrl+C handler failed; relying on SIGTERM/SIGHUP"),
+        }
+    };
+
+    let terminate_block = async {
+        match terminate_signal.as_mut() {
+            Some(signal) => {
     async fn wait_sigterm() {
         match tokio::signal::unix::signal(tokio::signal::unix::SignalKind::terminate()) {
             Ok(mut signal) => {
@@ -61,6 +93,9 @@ pub async fn wait_for_signal() {
         }
     }
 
+    let hangup_block = async {
+        match hangup_signal.as_mut() {
+            Some(signal) => {
     async fn wait_sighup() {
         match tokio::signal::unix::signal(tokio::signal::unix::SignalKind::hangup()) {
             Ok(mut signal) => {
@@ -162,6 +197,12 @@ mod tests {
     /// the future would take longer than the deadline.
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn shutdown_timeout_returns_after_deadline_when_future_is_slow() {
+        // The inner future sleeps for 2 s; the timeout deadline is 100 ms.
+        // The helper must return after ~100 ms, well before the 2-second sleep
+        // would complete.
+        let start = tokio::time::Instant::now();
+        with_shutdown_timeout(Duration::from_millis(100), "slow-unit", async {
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
         let start = tokio::time::Instant::now();
         with_shutdown_timeout(Duration::from_millis(50), "slow-unit", async {
             tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
@@ -169,6 +210,11 @@ mod tests {
         .await;
         let elapsed = start.elapsed();
         assert!(
+            elapsed >= Duration::from_millis(100),
+            "helper should have waited at least the deadline (got {elapsed:?})"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            elapsed < Duration::from_secs(2),
             elapsed >= Duration::from_millis(50),
             "helper should have waited at least the deadline (got {elapsed:?})"
         );