diff --git a/installers/full_install_osm.sh b/installers/full_install_osm.sh
index 7594984..d811382 100755
--- a/installers/full_install_osm.sh
+++ b/installers/full_install_osm.sh
@@ -627,6 +627,10 @@
 
 function install_osm() {
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG beginning of function
+
+    trap ctrl_c INT
+    track start release $RELEASE none none docker_tag $OSM_DOCKER_TAG none none installation_type $OSM_INSTALLATION_TYPE none none
+
     track checks checkingroot_ok
     [ "$USER" == "root" ] && FATAL "You are running the installer as root. The installer is prepared to be executed as a normal user with sudo privileges."
     track checks noroot_ok
@@ -862,6 +866,13 @@
     [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG end of function
 }
 
+function ctrl_c() {
+    [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG beginning of function
+    echo "** Trapped CTRL-C"
+    FATAL "User stopped the installation"
+    [ -z "${DEBUG_INSTALL}" ] || DEBUG end of function
+}
+
 LXD_VERSION=4.0
 JUJU_VERSION=2.9
 JUJU_AGENT_VERSION=2.9.17
@@ -1179,10 +1190,6 @@
 #Installation starts here
 wget -q -O- https://osm-download.etsi.org/ftp/osm-11.0-eleven/README.txt &> /dev/null
 export OSM_TRACK_INSTALLATION_ID="$(date +%s)-$(head /dev/urandom | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 16)"
-
-track start release $RELEASE none none docker_tag $OSM_DOCKER_TAG none none installation_type $OSM_INSTALLATION_TYPE none none
-
 install_osm
 echo -e "\nDONE"
 exit 0
-