diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb87f9db..835c51f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Nope. There are no cons cells here.
 
 ### Is this a Clojure port?
 
-No. It's similar to Clojure superficially because I like Lisps and I like the asthetics.
+No. It's similar to Clojure superficially because I like Lisps and I like the aesthetics.
 Internally, Janet is not at all like Clojure.
 
 ### Are the immutable data structures (tuples and structs) implemented as hash tries?
diff --git a/examples/urlloader.janet b/examples/urlloader.janet
index 75cf82c0..507987dc 100644
--- a/examples/urlloader.janet
+++ b/examples/urlloader.janet
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# An example of using Janet's extensible module system
-# to import files from URL. To try this, run `janet -l examples/urlloader.janet`
-# from the repl, and then:
+# An example of using Janet's extensible module system to import files from
+# URL. To try this, run `janet -l ./examples/urlloader.janet` from the command
+# line, and then at the REPL type:
 #
 # (import https://raw.githubusercontent.com/janet-lang/janet/master/examples/colors.janet :as c)
 #
-# This will import a file using curl. You can then try
+# This will import a file using curl. You can then try:
 #
 # (print (c/color :green "Hello!"))
 #
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 
 (defn- load-url
   [url args]
-  (def f (file/popen (string "curl " url)))
-  (def res (dofile f :source url ;args))
-  (try (file/close f) ([err] nil))
+  (def p (os/spawn ["curl" url "-s"] :p {:out :pipe}))
+  (def res (dofile (p :out) :source url ;args))
+  (:wait p)
   res)
 
 (defn- check-http-url
diff --git a/src/core/os.c b/src/core/os.c
index 752e1dd1..9e479405 100644
--- a/src/core/os.c
+++ b/src/core/os.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ JANET_CORE_FN(os_proc_wait,
 JANET_CORE_FN(os_proc_kill,
               "(os/proc-kill proc &opt wait)",
               "Kill a subprocess by sending SIGKILL to it on posix systems, or by closing the process "
-              "handle on windows. If wait is truthy, will wait for the process to finsih and "
+              "handle on windows. If wait is truthy, will wait for the process to finish and "
               "returns the exit code. Otherwise, returns proc.") {
     janet_arity(argc, 1, 2);
     JanetProc *proc = janet_getabstract(argv, 0, &ProcAT);
@@ -689,6 +689,12 @@ static int janet_proc_get(void *p, Janet key, Janet *out) {
         *out = (NULL == proc->err) ? janet_wrap_nil() : janet_wrap_abstract(proc->err);
         return 1;
     }
+    #ifndef JANET_WINDOWS
+    if (janet_keyeq(key, "pid")) {
+        *out = janet_wrap_number(proc->pid);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    #endif
     if ((-1 != proc->return_code) && janet_keyeq(key, "return-code")) {
         *out = janet_wrap_integer(proc->return_code);
         return 1;
@@ -1057,7 +1063,9 @@ JANET_CORE_FN(os_execute,
 JANET_CORE_FN(os_spawn,
               "(os/spawn args &opt flags env)",
               "Execute a program on the system and return a handle to the process. Otherwise, the "
-              "same arguments as os/execute. Does not wait for the process.") {
+              "same arguments as os/execute. Does not wait for the process. "
+              "The returned value has the fields :in, :out, :err, :return-code and "
+              "the additional field :pid on unix like platforms.") {
     return os_execute_impl(argc, argv, 1);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mainclient/shell.c b/src/mainclient/shell.c
index 396c6762..8e68fc51 100644
--- a/src/mainclient/shell.c
+++ b/src/mainclient/shell.c
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ static JANET_THREAD_LOCAL int gbl_cols = 80;
 static JANET_THREAD_LOCAL char *gbl_history[JANET_HISTORY_MAX];
 static JANET_THREAD_LOCAL int gbl_history_count = 0;
 static JANET_THREAD_LOCAL int gbl_historyi = 0;
-static JANET_THREAD_LOCAL int gbl_sigint_flag = 0;
 static JANET_THREAD_LOCAL struct termios gbl_termios_start;
 static JANET_THREAD_LOCAL JanetByteView gbl_matches[JANET_MATCH_MAX];
 static JANET_THREAD_LOCAL int gbl_match_count = 0;
@@ -758,9 +757,8 @@ static int line() {
                 kleft();
                 break;
             case 3:     /* ctrl-c */
-                clearlines();
-                gbl_sigint_flag = 1;
-                return -1;
+                kill(getpid(), SIGINT);
+                /* fallthrough */
             case 17:    /* ctrl-q */
                 gbl_cancel_current_repl_form = 1;
                 clearlines();
@@ -962,11 +960,7 @@ void janet_line_get(const char *p, JanetBuffer *buffer) {
     }
     if (line()) {
         norawmode();
-        if (gbl_sigint_flag) {
-            raise(SIGINT);
-        } else {
-            fputc('\n', out);
-        }
+        fputc('\n', out);
         return;
     }
     fflush(stdin);