diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 270ab1db..b513ddb6 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
 	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/dnephin/pflag"
@@ -210,11 +211,8 @@ func run(opts *options) error {
 		return finishRun(opts, exec, err)
 	}
 	exitErr := goTestProc.cmd.Wait()
-	siggedOut := <-goTestProc.signal // check if we received a SIGINT
-
-	if siggedOut != nil {
-		n, _ := (siggedOut).(syscall.Signal)
-		return finishRun(opts, exec, fmt.Errorf("syscall.Signal==%d", int(n)))
+	if signum := atomic.LoadInt32(&goTestProc.signal); signum != 0 {
+		return finishRun(opts, exec, exitError{num: signalExitCode + int(signum)})
 	}
 	if exitErr == nil || opts.rerunFailsMaxAttempts == 0 {
 		return finishRun(opts, exec, exitErr)
@@ -342,39 +340,41 @@ type proc struct {
 	cmd    waiter
 	stdout io.Reader
 	stderr io.Reader
-	signal chan os.Signal
+	// signal is atomically set to the signal value when a signal is received
+	// by newSignalHandler.
+	signal int32
 }
 
 type waiter interface {
 	Wait() error
 }
 
-func startGoTest(ctx context.Context, args []string) (proc, error) {
+func startGoTest(ctx context.Context, args []string) (*proc, error) {
 	if len(args) == 0 {
-		return proc{}, errors.New("missing command to run")
+		return nil, errors.New("missing command to run")
 	}
 
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, args[0], args[1:]...)
-	p := proc{cmd: cmd, signal: make(chan os.Signal, 1)}
+	p := proc{cmd: cmd}
 	log.Debugf("exec: %s", cmd.Args)
 	var err error
 	p.stdout, err = cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
-		return p, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	p.stderr, err = cmd.StderrPipe()
 	if err != nil {
-		return p, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
-		return p, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to run %s", strings.Join(cmd.Args, " "))
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to run %s", strings.Join(cmd.Args, " "))
 	}
 	log.Debugf("go test pid: %d", cmd.Process.Pid)
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	newSignalHandler(ctx, cmd.Process.Pid, &p)
 	p.cmd = &cancelWaiter{cancel: cancel, wrapped: p.cmd}
-	return p, nil
+	return &p, nil
 }
 
 // ExitCodeWithDefault returns the ExitStatus of a process from the error returned by
@@ -395,11 +395,27 @@ type exitCoder interface {
 	ExitCode() int
 }
 
-func isExitCoder(err error) bool {
+func IsExitCoder(err error) bool {
 	_, ok := err.(exitCoder)
 	return ok
 }
 
+type exitError struct {
+	num int
+}
+
+func (e exitError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("exit code %d", e.num)
+}
+
+func (e exitError) ExitCode() int {
+	return e.num
+}
+
+// signalExitCode is the base value added to a signal number to produce the
+// exit code value. This matches the behaviour of bash.
+const signalExitCode = 128
+
 func newSignalHandler(ctx context.Context, pid int, p *proc) {
 	c := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(c, os.Interrupt)
@@ -409,11 +425,11 @@ func newSignalHandler(ctx context.Context, pid int, p *proc) {
 
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
-			close(p.signal)
 			return
 		case s := <-c:
+			atomic.StoreInt32(&p.signal, int32(s.(syscall.Signal)))
+
 			proc, err := os.FindProcess(pid)
-			p.signal <- s
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Errorf("failed to find pid of 'go test': %v", err)
 				return
diff --git a/cmd/main_e2e_test.go b/cmd/main_e2e_test.go
index de8e2d38..f09b701a 100644
--- a/cmd/main_e2e_test.go
+++ b/cmd/main_e2e_test.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func TestE2E_SignalHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NilError(t, result.Cmd.Process.Signal(os.Interrupt))
 	icmd.WaitOnCmd(2*time.Second, result)
 
-	result.Assert(t, icmd.Expected{ExitCode: 102})
+	result.Assert(t, icmd.Expected{ExitCode: 130})
 }
 
 func TestE2E_MaxFails_EndTestRun(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/cmd/main_test.go b/cmd/main_test.go
index ad33aec3..cd5deb39 100644
--- a/cmd/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/main_test.go
@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@ func TestRun_RerunFails_WithTooManyInitialFailures(t *testing.T) {
 {"Package": "pkg", "Action": "fail"}
 `
 
-	fn := func(args []string) proc {
-		return proc{
+	fn := func(args []string) *proc {
+		return &proc{
 			cmd:    fakeWaiter{result: newExitCode("failed", 1)},
 			stdout: strings.NewReader(jsonFailed),
 			stderr: bytes.NewReader(nil),
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ func TestRun_RerunFails_BuildErrorPreventsRerun(t *testing.T) {
 {"Package": "pkg", "Action": "fail"}
 `
 
-	fn := func(args []string) proc {
-		return proc{
+	fn := func(args []string) *proc {
+		return &proc{
 			cmd:    fakeWaiter{result: newExitCode("failed", 1)},
 			stdout: strings.NewReader(jsonFailed),
 			stderr: strings.NewReader("anything here is an error\n"),
@@ -375,8 +375,8 @@ func TestRun_RerunFails_PanicPreventsRerun(t *testing.T) {
 {"Package": "pkg", "Action": "fail"}
 `
 
-	fn := func(args []string) proc {
-		return proc{
+	fn := func(args []string) *proc {
+		return &proc{
 			cmd:    fakeWaiter{result: newExitCode("failed", 1)},
 			stdout: strings.NewReader(jsonFailed),
 			stderr: bytes.NewReader(nil),
diff --git a/cmd/rerunfails_test.go b/cmd/rerunfails_test.go
index faf1153a..0d63c082 100644
--- a/cmd/rerunfails_test.go
+++ b/cmd/rerunfails_test.go
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ func TestRerunFailed_ReturnsAnErrorWhenTheLastTestIsSuccessful(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	fn := func(args []string) proc {
+	fn := func(args []string) *proc {
 		next := events[0]
 		events = events[1:]
-		return proc{
+		return &proc{
 			cmd:    fakeWaiter{result: next.err},
 			stdout: strings.NewReader(next.out),
 			stderr: bytes.NewReader(nil),
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ func TestRerunFailed_ReturnsAnErrorWhenTheLastTestIsSuccessful(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(t, err, "run-failed-3")
 }
 
-func patchStartGoTestFn(f func(args []string) proc) func() {
+func patchStartGoTestFn(f func(args []string) *proc) func() {
 	orig := startGoTestFn
-	startGoTestFn = func(ctx context.Context, args []string) (proc, error) {
+	startGoTestFn = func(ctx context.Context, args []string) (*proc, error) {
 		return f(args), nil
 	}
 	return func() {
diff --git a/cmd/watch.go b/cmd/watch.go
index 0864ec5e..b0665a67 100644
--- a/cmd/watch.go
+++ b/cmd/watch.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (w *watchRuns) run(event filewatcher.Event) error {
 			args:         w.opts.args,
 			initFilePath: path,
 		}
-		if err := runDelve(o); !isExitCoder(err) {
+		if err := runDelve(o); !IsExitCoder(err) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("delve failed: %w", err)
 		}
 		return nil
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (w *watchRuns) run(event filewatcher.Event) error {
 	opts := w.opts
 	opts.packages = []string{event.PkgPath}
 	var err error
-	if w.prevExec, err = runSingle(&opts); !isExitCoder(err) {
+	if w.prevExec, err = runSingle(&opts); !IsExitCoder(err) {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c532be1e..854472ec 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 
 	"gotest.tools/gotestsum/cmd"
 	"gotest.tools/gotestsum/cmd/tool"
@@ -11,10 +10,10 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	err := route(os.Args)
-	switch err.(type) {
-	case nil:
+	switch {
+	case err == nil:
 		return
-	case *exec.ExitError:
+	case cmd.IsExitCoder(err):
 		// go test should already report the error to stderr, exit with
 		// the same status code
 		os.Exit(cmd.ExitCodeWithDefault(err))