diff --git a/virt-manager b/virt-manager
index 4c05c1f8c..4ba10fa50 100755
--- a/virt-manager
+++ b/virt-manager
@@ -272,17 +272,17 @@ def main():
     LibvirtGLib.init(None)
     LibvirtGLib.event_register()
 
+    engine = vmmEngine()
+
     # Actually exit when we receive ctrl-c
     from gi.repository import GLib
     def _sigint_handler(user_data):
         ignore = user_data
         logging.debug("Received KeyboardInterrupt. Exiting application.")
-        sys.exit(0)
+        engine.exit_app(None)
     GLib.unix_signal_add(GLib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT, signal.SIGINT,
                          _sigint_handler, None)
 
-    engine = vmmEngine()
-
     engine.start(options.uri, show_window, domain, options.skip_autostart)
 
 
diff --git a/virtManager/engine.py b/virtManager/engine.py
index d8f86e380..fedac4642 100644
--- a/virtManager/engine.py
+++ b/virtManager/engine.py
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ class vmmEngine(vmmGObject):
             # Engine will always appear to leak
             objs.remove(self.object_key)
 
-            if src.object_key in objs:
+            if src and src.object_key in objs:
                 # UI that initiates the app exit will always appear to leak
                 objs.remove(src.object_key)