diff --git a/mxqd.c b/mxqd.c
index 8d98ad09..d8fd333d 100644
--- a/mxqd.c
+++ b/mxqd.c
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ static int init_child_process(struct mxq_group_list *glist, struct mxq_job *job)
     group  = &glist->group;
 
     sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK,&all_signals,NULL);
+    signal(SIGPIPE,SIG_DFL);
 
     passwd = getpwuid(group->user_uid);
     if (!passwd) {
@@ -2511,7 +2512,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         killall_cancelled(server);
         killall_over_time(server);
         killall_over_memory(server);
-        mx_log_info("jobs_running=%lu global_sigint_cnt=%d global_sigterm_cnt=%d : Exiting. Wating for jobs to finish. Sleeping for a while.",
+        mx_log_info("jobs_running=%lu global_sigint_cnt=%d global_sigterm_cnt=%d : Exiting. Waiting for jobs to finish. Sleeping for a while.",
                             server->jobs_running,
                             global_sigint_cnt,
                             global_sigterm_cnt);