diff --git a/messaging/impl_msgq.cc b/messaging/impl_msgq.cc
index bf017d900b6e3f..d37b8c986d7237 100644
--- a/messaging/impl_msgq.cc
+++ b/messaging/impl_msgq.cc
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ Message * MSGQSubSocket::receive(bool non_blocking){
   msgq_msg_t msg;
 
   MSGQMessage *r = NULL;
-  r = NULL;
 
   int rc = msgq_msg_recv(&msg, q);
 
@@ -109,17 +108,23 @@ Message * MSGQSubSocket::receive(bool non_blocking){
     }
   }
 
-  if (rc > 0){
-    r = new MSGQMessage;
-    r->takeOwnership(msg.data, msg.size);
-  }
-  errno = msgq_do_exit ? EINTR : 0;
 
   if (!non_blocking){
     std::signal(SIGINT, prev_handler_sigint);
     std::signal(SIGTERM, prev_handler_sigterm);
   }
 
+  errno = msgq_do_exit ? EINTR : 0;
+
+  if (rc > 0){
+    if (msgq_do_exit){
+      msgq_msg_close(&msg); // Free unused message on exit
+    } else {
+      r = new MSGQMessage;
+      r->takeOwnership(msg.data, msg.size);
+    }
+  }
+
   return (Message*)r;
 }
 
diff --git a/messaging/messaging.cc b/messaging/messaging.cc
index 9b12b298495112..1a9f860cd35666 100644
--- a/messaging/messaging.cc
+++ b/messaging/messaging.cc
@@ -4,20 +4,20 @@
 
 Context * Context::create(){
   Context * c;
-  if (std::getenv("MSGQ")){
-    c = new MSGQContext();
-  } else {
+  if (std::getenv("ZMQ")){
     c = new ZMQContext();
+  } else {
+    c = new MSGQContext();
   }
   return c;
 }
 
 SubSocket * SubSocket::create(){
   SubSocket * s;
-  if (std::getenv("MSGQ")){
-    s = new MSGQSubSocket();
-  } else {
+  if (std::getenv("ZMQ")){
     s = new ZMQSubSocket();
+  } else {
+    s = new MSGQSubSocket();
   }
   return s;
 }
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ SubSocket * SubSocket::create(Context * context, std::string endpoint, std::stri
 
 PubSocket * PubSocket::create(){
   PubSocket * s;
-  if (std::getenv("MSGQ")){
-    s = new MSGQPubSocket();
-  } else {
+  if (std::getenv("ZMQ")){
     s = new ZMQPubSocket();
+  } else {
+    s = new MSGQPubSocket();
   }
   return s;
 }
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ PubSocket * PubSocket::create(Context * context, std::string endpoint){
 
 Poller * Poller::create(){
   Poller * p;
-  if (std::getenv("MSGQ")){
-    p = new MSGQPoller();
-  } else {
+  if (std::getenv("ZMQ")){
     p = new ZMQPoller();
+  } else {
+    p = new MSGQPoller();
   }
   return p;
 }
diff --git a/messaging/msgq.cc b/messaging/msgq.cc
index e185b65e69663a..4ccd13df44527a 100644
--- a/messaging/msgq.cc
+++ b/messaging/msgq.cc
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 
 #include "msgq.hpp"
 
-void sigusr1_handler(int signal) {
-  assert(signal == SIGUSR1);
+void sigusr2_handler(int signal) {
+  assert(signal == SIGUSR2);
 }
 
 uint64_t msgq_get_uid(void){
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void msgq_wait_for_subscriber(msgq_queue_t *q){
 int msgq_new_queue(msgq_queue_t * q, const char * path, size_t size){
   assert(size < 0xFFFFFFFF); // Buffer must be smaller than 2^32 bytes
 
-  std::signal(SIGUSR1, sigusr1_handler);
+  std::signal(SIGUSR2, sigusr2_handler);
 
   const char * prefix = "/dev/shm/";
   char * full_path = new char[strlen(path) + strlen(prefix) + 1];
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void msgq_close_queue(msgq_queue_t *q){
 
 
 void msgq_init_publisher(msgq_queue_t * q) {
-  std::cout << "Starting publisher" << std::endl;
+  //std::cout << "Starting publisher" << std::endl;
   uint64_t uid = msgq_get_uid();
 
   *q->write_uid = uid;
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ void msgq_init_publisher(msgq_queue_t * q) {
 static void thread_signal(uint32_t tid) {
   #ifndef SYS_tkill
     // TODO: this won't work for multithreaded programs
-    kill(tid, SIGUSR1);
+    kill(tid, SIGUSR2);
   #else
-    syscall(SYS_tkill, tid, SIGUSR1);
+    syscall(SYS_tkill, tid, SIGUSR2);
   #endif
 }
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ void msgq_init_subscriber(msgq_queue_t * q) {
     }
   }
 
-  std::cout << "New subscriber id: " << q->reader_id << " uid: " << q->read_uid_local << " " << q->endpoint << std::endl;
+  //std::cout << "New subscriber id: " << q->reader_id << " uid: " << q->read_uid_local << " " << q->endpoint << std::endl;
   msgq_reset_reader(q);
 }