diff --git a/git_nav_downstream.py b/git_nav_downstream.py
index bce850e41..47508c254 100755
--- a/git_nav_downstream.py
+++ b/git_nav_downstream.py
@@ -58,4 +58,7 @@ def main(args):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-  sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
+  try:
+    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
+  except KeyboardInterrupt:
+    pass