diff --git a/sydtest-test/default.nix b/sydtest-test/default.nix
index 224bb84..eb41d0c 100644
--- a/sydtest-test/default.nix
+++ b/sydtest-test/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-{ mkDerivation, base, bytestring, fast-myers-diff, lib
+{ mkDerivation, async, base, bytestring, fast-myers-diff, lib
 , opt-env-conf-test, path, path-io, QuickCheck, random
-, safe-coloured-text, stm, sydtest, sydtest-discover, text, vector
+, safe-coloured-text, stm, sydtest, sydtest-discover, text, time
+, vector
 }:
 mkDerivation {
   pname = "sydtest-test";
@@ -8,8 +9,9 @@ mkDerivation {
   src = ./.;
   libraryHaskellDepends = [ base ];
   testHaskellDepends = [
-    base bytestring fast-myers-diff opt-env-conf-test path path-io
-    QuickCheck random safe-coloured-text stm sydtest text vector
+    async base bytestring fast-myers-diff opt-env-conf-test path
+    path-io QuickCheck random safe-coloured-text stm sydtest text time
+    vector
   ];
   testToolDepends = [ sydtest-discover ];
   doHaddock = false;
diff --git a/sydtest-test/package.yaml b/sydtest-test/package.yaml
index 467fc4e..8b46bdf 100644
--- a/sydtest-test/package.yaml
+++ b/sydtest-test/package.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ tests:
     - sydtest >=0.17
     - text
     - vector
+    - time
+    - async
 
   sydtest-output-test:
     main: Main.hs
diff --git a/sydtest-test/sydtest-test.cabal b/sydtest-test/sydtest-test.cabal
index 1527dfb..2d8df90 100644
--- a/sydtest-test/sydtest-test.cabal
+++ b/sydtest-test/sydtest-test.cabal
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ test-suite sydtest-test
       Test.Syd.AroundSpec
       Test.Syd.DescriptionsSpec
       Test.Syd.DiffSpec
+      Test.Syd.ExceptionSpec
       Test.Syd.ExpectationSpec
       Test.Syd.FootgunSpec
       Test.Syd.GoldenSpec
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ test-suite sydtest-test
       sydtest-discover:sydtest-discover
   build-depends:
       QuickCheck
+    , async
     , base >=4.7 && <5
     , bytestring
     , fast-myers-diff
@@ -117,5 +119,6 @@ test-suite sydtest-test
     , stm
     , sydtest >=0.17
     , text
+    , time
     , vector
   default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/sydtest-test/test/Test/Syd/ExceptionSpec.hs b/sydtest-test/test/Test/Syd/ExceptionSpec.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c282cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sydtest-test/test/Test/Syd/ExceptionSpec.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE NumericUnderscores #-}
+
+module Test.Syd.ExceptionSpec where
+
+import Control.Concurrent (threadDelay)
+import Control.Concurrent.Async
+import Data.Time.Clock
+import Test.Syd
+
+spec :: TestDefM outers () ()
+spec = describe "exception handling" $ do
+  it "stops immediatly with async" $ do
+    -- Tests that when an async exception is sent to sydTest (for example,
+    -- ctrl-c), it behaves as expected and terminates immediately and does not
+    -- do anything surprising.
+    startTime <- liftIO getCurrentTime
+
+    -- Runs two threads, one will be done in 1s, and the other is a test suite
+    -- with one test which should run for 10s.
+    -- When the first threads terminate, it will throw AsyncCancel in the
+    -- sydTest test suite, which should terminate asap.
+    -- This will be checked using the timer t. That's fragile, but we know that:
+    --
+    -- t should be more than 100ms (because of the first threadDelay)
+    -- t should be no much more than 100ms. Especially, it should not be 10s
+    -- (waiting for the complete threadDelay in the test suite) or even more if
+    -- the exception is completly ignored (or test is retried)
+    _ <- race (threadDelay 100_000) $ do
+      sydTest $ do
+        it "is a dumb slow test" $ do
+          threadDelay 10_000_000
+
+    endTime <- liftIO getCurrentTime
+
+    -- Less than 1 second
+    (endTime `diffUTCTime` startTime) `shouldSatisfy` (< 1)
+    pure ()
diff --git a/sydtest/CHANGELOG.md b/sydtest/CHANGELOG.md
index 3cf51d8..42c359d 100644
--- a/sydtest/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sydtest/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### Changed
+
+- sydtest won't crash anymore or behave weirdly or leak ressource in repl when
+  interrupted by ctrl-C. See discussion here: https://github.com/NorfairKing/sydtest/issues/80#issuecomment-2286517212
+
 ## [0.17.0.0] - 2024-08-04
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/sydtest/src/Test/Syd/Run.hs b/sydtest/src/Test/Syd/Run.hs
index ad86c68..5fd23c6 100644
--- a/sydtest/src/Test/Syd/Run.hs
+++ b/sydtest/src/Test/Syd/Run.hs
@@ -374,8 +374,13 @@ runGoldenTestWithArg createGolden TestRunSettings {..} _ wrapper = do
 
 exceptionHandlers :: [Handler (Either SomeException a)]
 exceptionHandlers =
-  [ -- Re-throw AsyncException, otherwise execution will not terminate on SIGINT (ctrl-c).
-    Handler (\e -> throwIO (e :: AsyncException)),
+  [ -- Re-throw SomeAsyncException, otherwise execution will not terminate on SIGINT (ctrl-c).
+    -- This is also critical for correctness, because library such as async
+    -- uses this signal for `concurrently`, and `race`, ..., and if we ignore
+    -- this exception, we can end in a context where half of the logic has
+    -- stopped and yet we continue.
+    -- See https://github.com/NorfairKing/sydtest/issues/80
+    Handler (\e -> throwIO (e :: SomeAsyncException)),
     -- Catch all the rest
     Handler (\e -> return $ Left (e :: SomeException))
   ]