diff --git a/src/platforms/posix/main.cpp b/src/platforms/posix/main.cpp
index 82c6f0cbfa..b0e782d4b0 100644
--- a/src/platforms/posix/main.cpp
+++ b/src/platforms/posix/main.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ extern "C" {
 	void _SigIntHandler(int sig_num);
 	void _SigIntHandler(int sig_num)
 	{
-		_ExitFlag = true;
+		cout.flush();
+		cout << endl << "Exiting.." << endl;
+		cout.flush();
+		_exit(0);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_impl.cpp b/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_impl.cpp
index 37132a0641..faf3b81990 100644
--- a/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_impl.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void init_once(void);
 void init_once(void)
 {
 	_shell_task_id = pthread_self();
-	PX4_INFO("Shell id is %lu", _shell_task_id);
+	printf("[init] shell id: %lu\n", _shell_task_id);
 	work_queues_init();
 	hrt_work_queue_init();
 	hrt_init();
@@ -94,7 +94,18 @@ void init_once(void)
 
 void init(int argc, char *argv[], const char *app_name)
 {
-	printf("App name: %s\n", app_name);
+	printf("[init] task name: %s\n", app_name);
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("______  __   __    ___ \n");
+	printf("| ___ \\ \\ \\ / /   /   |\n");
+	printf("| |_/ /  \\ V /   / /| |\n");
+	printf("|  __/   /   \\  / /_| |\n");
+	printf("| |     / /^\\ \\ \\___  |\n");
+	printf("\\_|     \\/   \\/     |_/\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("Ready to fly.\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("\n");
 }
 
 uint64_t get_time_micros()
diff --git a/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_tasks.cpp b/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_tasks.cpp
index c8f8d801c5..de929e3a70 100644
--- a/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_tasks.cpp
+++ b/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_tasks.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ px4_task_t px4_task_spawn_cmd(const char *name, int scheduler, int priority, int
 	taskdata->argc = argc;
 
 	for (i=0; i<argc; i++) {
-		printf("arg %d %s\n", i, argv[i]);
+		PX4_DEBUG("arg %d %s\n", i, argv[i]);
 		taskdata->argv[i] = (char *)offset;
 		strcpy((char *)offset, argv[i]);
 		offset+=strlen(argv[i])+1;