diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 78e309d3f..c4e57b8b0 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ### GitHub main branch
 
+- Updated keyboard interrupt logic so that 2 ^C in 2 seconds always forces aider to exit.
 - Check pypi for newer versions and notify user.
 - Provide GPT with detailed error if it makes a bad edit block, ask for a retry.
 - Force `--no-pretty` if aider detects it is running inside a VSCode terminal.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6b6ca399..76bb7caec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ For more information, see the [FAQ](https://aider.chat/docs/faq.html).
 * *The best AI coding assistant so far.* -- [Matthew Berman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df8afeb1FY8)
 * *Hands down, this is the best AI coding assistant tool so far.* -- [IndyDevDan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPYFPvxfGZs)
 * *Aider ... has easily quadrupled my coding productivity.* -- [SOLAR_FIELDS](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36212100)
+* *It's really like having your senior developer live right in your Git repo - truly amazing!* -- [rappster](https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider/issues/124)
 * *What an amazing tool. It's incredible.* -- [valyagolev](https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider/issues/6#issue-1722897858)
 * *Aider is such an astounding thing!* -- [cgrothaus](https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider/issues/82#issuecomment-1631876700)
 * *It was WAY faster than I would be getting off the ground and making the first few working versions.* -- [Daniel Feldman](https://twitter.com/d_feldman/status/1662295077387923456)
diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 3e7321520..14e076764 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import hashlib
 import json
 import os
 import sys
+import time
 import traceback
 from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
 from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ class Coder:
     functions = None
     total_cost = 0.0
     num_exhausted_context_windows = 0
+    last_keyboard_interrupt = None
 
     @classmethod
     def create(
@@ -120,7 +122,6 @@ class Coder:
         self.abs_fnames = set()
         self.cur_messages = []
         self.done_messages = []
-        self.num_control_c = 0
 
         self.io = io
         self.stream = stream
@@ -395,13 +396,22 @@ class Coder:
                     return
 
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
-                self.num_control_c += 1
-                if self.num_control_c >= 2:
-                    break
-                self.io.tool_error("^C again or /exit to quit")
+                self.keyboard_interrupt()
             except EOFError:
                 return
 
+    def keyboard_interrupt(self):
+        now = time.time()
+
+        thresh = 2  # seconds
+        if self.last_keyboard_interrupt and now - self.last_keyboard_interrupt < thresh:
+            self.io.tool_error("\n\n^C KeyboardInterrupt")
+            sys.exit()
+
+        self.io.tool_error("\n\n^C again to exit")
+
+        self.last_keyboard_interrupt = now
+
     def should_dirty_commit(self, inp):
         cmds = self.commands.matching_commands(inp)
         if cmds:
@@ -438,8 +448,6 @@ class Coder:
             self.commands,
         )
 
-        self.num_control_c = 0
-
         if self.should_dirty_commit(inp):
             self.io.tool_output("Git repo has uncommitted changes, preparing commit...")
             self.commit(ask=True, which="repo_files")
@@ -521,8 +529,6 @@ class Coder:
             content = ""
 
         if interrupted:
-            self.io.tool_error("\n\n^C KeyboardInterrupt")
-            self.num_control_c += 1
             content += "\n^C KeyboardInterrupt"
 
         self.io.tool_output()
@@ -673,6 +679,7 @@ class Coder:
             else:
                 self.show_send_output(completion, silent)
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            self.keyboard_interrupt()
             interrupted = True
 
         if not silent:
diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark.py b/benchmark/benchmark.py
index a0bbb0cef..991d2a9f1 100755
--- a/benchmark/benchmark.py
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark.py
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ def run_test(
             coder.run(with_message=instructions)
         dur += time.time() - start
 
-        if coder.num_control_c:
+        if coder.last_keyboard_interrupt:
             raise KeyboardInterrupt
 
         if no_unit_tests: