diff --git a/lib/app/lower.js b/lib/app/lower.js
index 6f2115e98..81aa888a8 100644
--- a/lib/app/lower.js
+++ b/lib/app/lower.js
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ module.exports = function lower(cb) {
           sails.removeAllListeners(key);
         }
 
+        var listeners = sails._processListeners;
+        if (listeners) {
+          process.removeListener('SIGUSR2', listeners.sigusr2);
+          process.removeListener('SIGINT', listeners.sigint);
+          process.removeListener('SIGTERM', listeners.sigterm);
+          process.removeListener('exit', listeners.exit);
+        }
+        sails._processListeners = null;
+
         // If `sails.config.process.removeAllListeners` is set, do that.
         if (sails.config && sails.config.process && sails.config.process.removeAllListeners) {
           process.removeAllListeners();
diff --git a/lib/app/private/initialize.js b/lib/app/private/initialize.js
index 7d30996ed..6a4187d5c 100644
--- a/lib/app/private/initialize.js
+++ b/lib/app/private/initialize.js
@@ -24,25 +24,31 @@ module.exports = function initialize(cb) {
   // Indicate that server is starting
   sails.log.verbose('Starting app at ' + sails.config.appPath + '...');
 
+  var listeners = {
+    sigusr2: function() {
+      sails.lower(function() {
+        process.kill(process.pid, 'SIGUSR2');
+      });
+    },
+    sigint: function() {
+      sails.lower(process.exit);
+    },
+    sigterm: function() {
+      sails.lower(process.exit);
+    },
+    exit: function() {
+      if (!sails._exiting) sails.lower();
+    }
+  };
+
   // Add "beforeShutdown" events
-  process.once('SIGUSR2', function() {
-    sails.lower(function() {
-      process.kill(process.pid, 'SIGUSR2');
-    });
-  });
+  process.once('SIGUSR2', listeners.sigusr2);
 
-  // Roadmap: can we get away w/ making this `.once()`?
-  process.on('SIGINT', function() {
-    sails.lower(process.exit);
-  });
-  // Roadmap: can we get away w/ making this `.once()`?
-  process.on('SIGTERM', function() {
-    sails.lower(process.exit);
-  });
-  // Roadmap: can we get away w/ making this `.once()`?
-  process.on('exit', function() {
-    if (!sails._exiting) sails.lower();
-  });
+  process.on('SIGINT', listeners.sigint);
+  process.on('SIGTERM', listeners.sigterm);
+  process.on('exit', listeners.exit);
+
+  sails._processListeners = listeners;
 
   // Run the app bootstrap
   sails.runBootstrap(function afterBootstrap(err) {