diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e5d688d0..bea30920 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "roc-validator"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.4.5"
 description = "A Python package to validate RO-Crates"
 authors = [
     "Marco Enrico Piras <kikkomep@crs4.it>",
diff --git a/rocrate_validator/cli/commands/validate.py b/rocrate_validator/cli/commands/validate.py
index 365d1a73..bb3505bf 100644
--- a/rocrate_validator/cli/commands/validate.py
+++ b/rocrate_validator/cli/commands/validate.py
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ def __get_single_char_unix__(console: Optional[Console] = None, end: str = "\n",
         try:
             tty.setraw(sys.stdin.fileno())
             char = sys.stdin.read(1)
+            if char == "\x03":
+                raise KeyboardInterrupt
         finally:
             termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings)
             if console:
diff --git a/rocrate_validator/cli/utils.py b/rocrate_validator/cli/utils.py
index 5ad48c7c..e973aba1 100644
--- a/rocrate_validator/cli/utils.py
+++ b/rocrate_validator/cli/utils.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class SystemPager(Pager):
     """Uses the pager installed on the system."""
 
     def _pager(self, content: str) -> Any:
-        return pydoc.pipepager(content, "less -R")
+        return pydoc.pipepager(content, "less -R -K")
 
     def show(self, content: str) -> None:
         """Use the same pager used by pydoc."""