diff --git a/bin/cc-cli b/bin/cc-cli
index b70451f398118f8313bc44df80e4dd6b64eaaad1..dc2a5a7fd7b6aa751ebc5ce4ea7bf94faddd1d37 100755
--- a/bin/cc-cli
+++ b/bin/cc-cli
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ except BadArgument as e:
     printer.error("Bad Argument: %s"%str(e))
     oparser.print_help()
 except KeyboardInterrupt:
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit("Interrupted")
 except cliError as e:
     printer.error("%s: %s"%(type(e), str(e)))
 except Exception as e: