diff --git a/integration_tests/tests/test_tasks/run.sh b/integration_tests/tests/test_tasks/run.sh
index 6784d660..e1797494 100755
--- a/integration_tests/tests/test_tasks/run.sh
+++ b/integration_tests/tests/test_tasks/run.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ TASK1_TOS=$(cat ${APP_ID}.log | grep "\[task1\] timeout" | wc -l | tr -d '[[:spa
 TASK1_RUNS=$(cat ${APP_ID}.task1 | wc -l | tr -d '[[:space:]]')
 rm ${APP_ID}.task1
 
-if [[ $TASK1_RUNS -lt 7 || $TASK1_RUNS -gt 8 ]]; then
-  echo "Expected task1 to have 7 or 8 executions: got $TASK1_RUNS"
+if [[ $TASK1_RUNS -lt 5 || $TASK1_RUNS -gt 8 ]]; then
+  echo "Expected task1 to >5 and <8 executions: got $TASK1_RUNS"
   PASS=1
 fi
 if [ $TASK1_TOS -gt 0 ]; then
diff --git a/sup/sup.go b/sup/sup.go
index 5ca0d8c0..ddeffdaa 100644
--- a/sup/sup.go
+++ b/sup/sup.go
@@ -21,18 +21,19 @@ func Run() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("failed to start ContainerPilot worker process:", err)
 	}
-	handleSignals(proc.Pid)
+	passThroughSignals(proc.Pid)
+	handleReaping(proc.Pid)
 	proc.Wait()
 }
 
-// handleSignals listens for signals used to gracefully shutdown and
+// passThroughSignals listens for signals used to gracefully shutdown and
 // passes them thru to the ContainerPilot worker process.
-func handleSignals(pid int) {
-	sig := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
-	signal.Notify(sig, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGHUP, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGCHLD, syscall.SIGUSR1)
+func passThroughSignals(pid int) {
+	sigRecv := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(sigRecv, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGHUP, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGUSR1)
 	go func() {
-		for signal := range sig {
-			switch signal {
+		for sig := range sigRecv {
+			switch sig {
 			case syscall.SIGINT:
 				syscall.Kill(pid, syscall.SIGINT)
 			case syscall.SIGTERM:
@@ -41,13 +42,24 @@ func handleSignals(pid int) {
 				syscall.Kill(pid, syscall.SIGHUP)
 			case syscall.SIGUSR1:
 				syscall.Kill(pid, syscall.SIGUSR1)
-			case syscall.SIGCHLD:
-				go reap()
 			}
 		}
 	}()
 }
 
+// handleReaping listens for the SIGCHLD signal only and triggers
+// reaping of child processes
+func handleReaping(pid int) {
+	sigRecv := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(sigRecv, syscall.SIGCHLD)
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			<-sigRecv
+			reap()
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
 // reaps child processes that have been reparented to PID1
 func reap() {
 	for {