diff --git a/app/library/Download.py b/app/library/Download.py
index 29474493..ff9c790b 100644
--- a/app/library/Download.py
+++ b/app/library/Download.py
@@ -4,18 +4,20 @@ import logging
 import multiprocessing
 import os
 import re
+import signal
 import time
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
 from email.utils import formatdate
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import yt_dlp
+import yt_dlp.utils
 
 from .config import Config
 from .Events import EventBus, Events
 from .ffprobe import ffprobe
 from .ItemDTO import ItemDTO
 from .Utils import delete_dir, extract_info, extract_ytdlp_logs, load_cookies
+from .ytdlp import YTDLP
 from .YTDLPOpts import YTDLPOpts
 
 
@@ -264,10 +266,17 @@ class Download:
 
             params["logger"] = NestedLogger(self.logger)
 
-            cls = yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(params=params)
+            cls = YTDLP(params=params)
 
             self.started_time = int(time.time())
 
+            def mark_cancelled(*_):
+                cls._interrupted = True
+                cls.to_screen("[info] Interrupt received, exiting cleanly...")
+                raise SystemExit(130)  # noqa: TRY301
+
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR1, mark_cancelled)
+
             if isinstance(self.info_dict, dict) and len(self.info_dict) > 1:
                 self.logger.debug(f"Downloading '{self.info.url}' using pre-info.")
                 cls.process_ie_result(
@@ -275,10 +284,10 @@ class Download:
                     download=True,
                     extra_info={k: v for k, v in self.info.extras.items() if k not in self.info_dict},
                 )
-                ret = cls._download_retcode
+                ret: int = cls._download_retcode
             else:
                 self.logger.debug(f"Downloading using url: {self.info.url}")
-                ret = cls.download(url_list=[self.info.url])
+                ret: int = cls.download(url_list=[self.info.url])
 
             self.status_queue.put({"id": self.id, "status": "finished" if ret == 0 else "error"})
         except yt_dlp.utils.ExistingVideoReached as exc:
@@ -333,7 +342,7 @@ class Download:
             return False
 
         self.cancel_in_progress = True
-        procId = self.proc.ident
+        procId: int | None = self.proc.ident
 
         self.logger.info(f"Closing PID='{procId}' download process.")
 
@@ -387,7 +396,10 @@ class Download:
 
         try:
             self.logger.info(f"Killing download process: '{self.proc.ident}'.")
-            self.proc.kill()
+            if self.proc.pid and "posix" == os.name:
+                os.kill(self.proc.pid, signal.SIGUSR1)
+            else:
+                self.proc.kill()
             return True
         except Exception as e:
             self.logger.error(f"Failed to kill process: '{self.proc.ident}'. {e}")
@@ -398,9 +410,9 @@ class Download:
         if self.temp_keep is True or not self.temp_path:
             return
 
-        if "finished" != self.info.status and self.is_live:
+        if "finished" != self.info.status and self.info.downloaded_bytes > 0:
             self.logger.warning(
-                f"Keeping live temp folder '{self.temp_path}', as the reported status is not finished '{self.info.status}'."
+                f"Keeping temp folder '{self.temp_path}', as the reported status is not finished '{self.info.status}'."
             )
             return
 
diff --git a/app/library/DownloadQueue.py b/app/library/DownloadQueue.py
index fb1bf668..ff4f4fd0 100644
--- a/app/library/DownloadQueue.py
+++ b/app/library/DownloadQueue.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from sqlite3 import Connection
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-import yt_dlp
+import yt_dlp.utils
 from aiohttp import web
 
 from .ag_utils import ag
diff --git a/app/library/Utils.py b/app/library/Utils.py
index 18e90ee3..8f9a8cdc 100644
--- a/app/library/Utils.py
+++ b/app/library/Utils.py
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ from http.cookiejar import MozillaCookieJar
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TypeVar
 
-import yt_dlp
 from Crypto.Cipher import AES
 from yt_dlp.utils import age_restricted, match_str
 
 from .LogWrapper import LogWrapper
+from .ytdlp import YTDLP
 
 LOG: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger("Utils")
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ REMOVE_KEYS: list = [
     },
 ]
 
-YTDLP_INFO_CLS: yt_dlp.YoutubeDL = None
+YTDLP_INFO_CLS: YTDLP = None
 
 ALLOWED_SUBS_EXTENSIONS: tuple[str] = (".srt", ".vtt", ".ass")
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def extract_info(
     if no_archive and "download_archive" in params:
         del params["download_archive"]
 
-    data = yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(params=params).extract_info(url, download=False)
+    data = YTDLP(params=params).extract_info(url, download=False)
 
     if data and follow_redirect and "_type" in data and "url" == data["_type"]:
         return extract_info(
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def extract_info(
     if not data["is_premiere"]:
         data["is_premiere"] = "video" == data.get("media_type") and "is_upcoming" == data.get("live_status")
 
-    return yt_dlp.YoutubeDL.sanitize_info(data) if sanitize_info else data
+    return YTDLP.sanitize_info(data) if sanitize_info else data
 
 
 def merge_dict(source: dict, destination: dict) -> dict:
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ def get_archive_id(url: str) -> tuple[bool, dict[str | None, str | None, str | N
     }
 
     if YTDLP_INFO_CLS is None:
-        YTDLP_INFO_CLS = yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(
+        YTDLP_INFO_CLS = YTDLP(
             params={
                 "color": "no_color",
                 "extract_flat": True,
diff --git a/app/library/ytdlp.py b/app/library/ytdlp.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c5cc719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/library/ytdlp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import yt_dlp
+
+
+class YTDLP(yt_dlp.YoutubeDL):
+    _interrupted = False
+
+    def _delete_downloaded_files(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if self._interrupted:
+            self.to_screen("[info] Cancelled — skipping temp cleanup.")
+            return None
+
+        return super()._delete_downloaded_files(*args, **kwargs)