diff --git a/apps/monitor/src/runner.rs b/apps/monitor/src/runner.rs
index f33de13..5fcdfeb 100644
--- a/apps/monitor/src/runner.rs
+++ b/apps/monitor/src/runner.rs
@@ -178,7 +178,11 @@ async fn run_curl(
         .arg("--connect-timeout").arg(format!("{:.1}", timeout_secs))
         .arg("-X").arg(method)
         .arg("--user-agent").arg("PingQL-Monitor/0.1")
-        .arg("--location");         // follow redirects
+        .arg("--location")          // follow redirects
+        .stdin(std::process::Stdio::null())
+        .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+        .kill_on_drop(true);        // kill if future is dropped
 
     if let Some(hdrs) = headers {
         for (k, v) in hdrs {