diff --git a/construct/construct.cc b/construct/construct.cc
index d2f2ac10b..4ff4f39aa 100644
--- a/construct/construct.cc
+++ b/construct/construct.cc
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ noexcept try
 	// event loop. This means we lose the true instant hardware-interrupt gratitude
 	// of signals but with the benefit of unconditional safety and cross-
 	// platformness with windows etc.
-	const construct::signals signals{ios};
+	construct::signals signals{ios};
 
 	// Associates libircd with our io_context and posts the initial routines
 	// to that io_context. Execution of IRCd will then occur during ios::run()
diff --git a/construct/signals.cc b/construct/signals.cc
index 2242a89d6..8bd665595 100644
--- a/construct/signals.cc
+++ b/construct/signals.cc
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ construct::signals::signals(boost::asio::io_context &ios)
 	set_handle();
 }
 
+construct::signals::~signals()
+noexcept
+{
+}
+
 // Because we registered signal handlers with the io_context, ios->run()
 // is now shared between those handlers and libircd. This means the run()
 // won't return even if we call ircd::quit(). We use this callback to
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ construct::signals::on_runlevel(const enum ircd::run::level &level)
 	{
 		case ircd::run::level::HALT:
 		case ircd::run::level::QUIT:
-			signal_set->cancel();
+			signal_set.reset(nullptr);
 			break;
 
 		default:
diff --git a/construct/signals.h b/construct/signals.h
index 31673eaf5..94c248135 100644
--- a/construct/signals.h
+++ b/construct/signals.h
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ struct construct::signals
 
   public:
 	signals(boost::asio::io_context &ios);
+	~signals() noexcept;
 };