diff --git a/project1/dtls_secured_multithreaded/server-dtls-threaded.c b/project1/dtls_secured_multithreaded/server-dtls-threaded.c
index 542bf33d..4243ed92 100644
--- a/project1/dtls_secured_multithreaded/server-dtls-threaded.c
+++ b/project1/dtls_secured_multithreaded/server-dtls-threaded.c
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ void* ThreadControl(void*);
 void sig_handler(const int sig) 
 {
     printf("\nSIGINT handled.\n");
+    cleanup = 1;
     CyaSSL_CTX_free(ctx);
     CyaSSL_Cleanup();
-    cleanup = 1;
     exit(0);
 }