diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7497e40..7b2f05f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.0.0),
                qtbase5-dev,
                qtbase5-dev-tools,
                libqt5serialport5-dev,
-               libncurses5-dev
+               libreadline-dev
 
 Package: zigbee-cli
 Architecture: any
diff --git a/libqtzigbee/zigbeenetworkmanager.cpp b/libqtzigbee/zigbeenetworkmanager.cpp
index 61ff6bd..704b5d4 100644
--- a/libqtzigbee/zigbeenetworkmanager.cpp
+++ b/libqtzigbee/zigbeenetworkmanager.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ QList<ZigbeeNode *> ZigbeeNetworkManager::nodeList() const
     return m_nodeList;
 }
 
+bool ZigbeeNetworkManager::networkRunning() const
+{
+    return m_networkRunning;
+}
+
 void ZigbeeNetworkManager::reset()
 {
     qCCritical(dcZigbee()) << "Reset networkmanager: TODO: needs to be implementet";
diff --git a/libqtzigbee/zigbeenetworkmanager.h b/libqtzigbee/zigbeenetworkmanager.h
index 2d1bcff..8e8cf8b 100644
--- a/libqtzigbee/zigbeenetworkmanager.h
+++ b/libqtzigbee/zigbeenetworkmanager.h
@@ -19,13 +19,18 @@ public:
 
     void reset();
 
+
+    bool networkRunning() const;
+
 private:
     ZigbeeBridgeController *m_controller = nullptr;
     QString m_controllerVersion;
-    quint64 m_extendedPanId;
+    quint64 m_extendedPanId = 0;
 
     QList<ZigbeeNode *> m_nodeList;
 
+    bool m_networkRunning = false;
+
     quint64 generateRandomPanId();
 
     // Controller methods
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ private:
     void requestMatchDescriptor(const quint16 &shortAddress, const Zigbee::ZigbeeProfile &profile);
 
 signals:
+    void runningChanged(const bool &running);
 
 private slots:
     void onMessageReceived(const ZigbeeInterfaceMessage &message);
@@ -72,7 +78,6 @@ private slots:
 
     void onRequestMatchDescriptorFinished();
 
-
     // Process controller notifications/messages
     void processLoggingMessage(const ZigbeeInterfaceMessage &message);
     void processFactoryNewRestart(const ZigbeeInterfaceMessage &message);
diff --git a/zigbee-cli/core.cpp b/zigbee-cli/core.cpp
index 5fe01ef..e4b04e0 100644
--- a/zigbee-cli/core.cpp
+++ b/zigbee-cli/core.cpp
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 #include "core.h"
-#include "terminalcommander.h"
 #include "loggingcategory.h"
+#include "QCoreApplication"
 
 Core::Core(const int &channel, QObject *parent) :
     QObject(parent)
 {
     m_manager = new ZigbeeNetworkManager(channel, "/dev/ttyS0", this);
 
-    TerminalCommander::instance();
-
     // Set commands
+    m_commands.append(TerminalCommand("run", "Run the zigbee controller in a normal non interactive mode."));
+    m_commands.append(TerminalCommand("start", "Start the zigbee network"));
+    m_commands.append(TerminalCommand("stop", "Stop the zigbee network"));
+    m_commands.append(TerminalCommand("reset", "Reset the zigbee controller"));
+    m_commands.append(TerminalCommand("scan", "Start scanning for zigbee networks"));
+    m_commands.append(TerminalCommand("version", "Print the version of the zigbee controll bridge firmware"));
+    m_commands.append(TerminalCommand("permit-join", "Permit nodes to join the network"));
+
+    TerminalCommander::instance()->setCommands(m_commands);
 
     TerminalCommander::instance()->start();
 
@@ -18,9 +25,10 @@ Core::Core(const int &channel, QObject *parent) :
     m_testTimer->setSingleShot(false);
 
     connect(m_testTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &Core::onTimeout);
-    m_testTimer->start();
+    //m_testTimer->start();
 
     connect(TerminalCommander::instance(), &TerminalCommander::commandReceived, this, &Core::onCommandReceived);
+    connect(TerminalCommander::instance(), &TerminalCommander::finished, QCoreApplication::instance(), &QCoreApplication::quit);
 }
 
 void Core::onTimeout()
@@ -30,6 +38,26 @@ void Core::onTimeout()
 
 void Core::onCommandReceived(const QStringList &tokens)
 {
-    qCDebug(dcZigbee()) << "Command received:" << tokens;
+    TerminalCommand command;
+    foreach (const TerminalCommand &terminalCommand, m_commands) {
+        if (tokens.first() == terminalCommand.command()) {
+            command = terminalCommand;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!command.isValid()) {
+        qCWarning(dcZigbee()) << "Unknown command" << tokens;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // TODO: Process command
+    qCDebug(dcZigbee()) << "Executing" << tokens.join(" ");
+
+    if (command.command() == "start") {
+        m_manager->startNetwork();
+    } else if (command.command() == "version") {
+        m_manager->getVersion();
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/zigbee-cli/core.h b/zigbee-cli/core.h
index af1bc64..b5adee2 100644
--- a/zigbee-cli/core.h
+++ b/zigbee-cli/core.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <readline/readline.h>
 
+#include "terminalcommander.h"
 #include "zigbeenetworkmanager.h"
 
 class Core : public QObject
@@ -17,8 +18,10 @@ public:
     explicit Core(const int &channel, QObject *parent = nullptr);
 
 private:
-    ZigbeeNetworkManager *m_manager;
-    QTimer *m_testTimer;
+    ZigbeeNetworkManager *m_manager = nullptr;
+    QTimer *m_testTimer = nullptr;
+
+    QList<TerminalCommand> m_commands;
 
 signals:
 
diff --git a/zigbee-cli/main.cpp b/zigbee-cli/main.cpp
index de0b089..80fe4af 100644
--- a/zigbee-cli/main.cpp
+++ b/zigbee-cli/main.cpp
@@ -4,18 +4,60 @@
 #include <QDateTime>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <initializer_list>
+#include <signal.h>
+
 
 #include "core.h"
-#include "zigbeecommander.h"
 #include "loggingcategory.h"
 #include "terminalcommander.h"
 
-static const char *const normal = "\033[0m";
-static const char *const warning = "\e[33m";
-static const char *const error = "\e[31m";
-
 static QHash<QString, bool> s_loggingFilters;
 
+//static bool s_aboutToShutdown = false;
+
+//static void catchUnixSignals(const std::vector<int>& quitSignals, const std::vector<int>& ignoreSignals = std::vector<int>()) {
+//    auto handler = [](int sig) -> void {
+//        switch (sig) {
+//        case SIGQUIT:
+//            qCDebug(dcZigbee()) << "Cought SIGQUIT quit signal...";
+//            break;
+//        case SIGINT:
+//            qCDebug(dcZigbee()) << "Cought SIGINT quit signal...";
+//            break;
+//        case SIGTERM:
+//            qCDebug(dcZigbee()) << "Cought SIGTERM quit signal...";
+//            break;
+//        case SIGHUP:
+//            qCDebug(dcZigbee()) << "Cought SIGHUP quit signal...";
+//            break;
+//        case SIGSEGV: {
+//            qCDebug(dcZigbee()) << "Cought SIGSEGV signal. Segmentation fault!";
+//            exit(1);
+//        }
+//        default:
+//            break;
+//        }
+
+//        if (s_aboutToShutdown) {
+//            return;
+//        }
+
+//        s_aboutToShutdown = true;
+//        TerminalCommander::instance()->destroy();
+//        TerminalCommander::instance()->quit();
+//    };
+
+
+
+//    // all these signals will be ignored.
+//    for (int sig : ignoreSignals)
+//        signal(sig, SIG_IGN);
+
+//    for (int sig : quitSignals)
+//        signal(sig, handler);
+//}
+
 static void loggingCategoryFilter(QLoggingCategory *category)
 {
     // If this is a known category
@@ -59,6 +101,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     qInstallMessageHandler(consoleLogHandler);
 
     QCoreApplication application(argc, argv);
+
+    //catchUnixSignals({SIGQUIT, SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGHUP, SIGSEGV});
+
     application.setOrganizationName("guh");
     application.setApplicationName("qt-zigbee");
 
diff --git a/zigbee-cli/terminalcommand.cpp b/zigbee-cli/terminalcommand.cpp
index e9de729..852c3c8 100644
--- a/zigbee-cli/terminalcommand.cpp
+++ b/zigbee-cli/terminalcommand.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,58 @@
 #include "terminalcommand.h"
 
-TerminalCommand::TerminalCommand(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
+TerminalCommand::TerminalCommand()
 {
 
 }
+
+TerminalCommand::TerminalCommand(const QString &command, const QString &description) :
+    m_command(command),
+    m_description(description)
+{
+
+}
+
+QString TerminalCommand::command() const
+{
+    return m_command;
+}
+
+void TerminalCommand::setCommand(const QString &command)
+{
+    m_command = command;
+}
+
+QString TerminalCommand::description() const
+{
+    return m_description;
+}
+
+void TerminalCommand::setDescription(const QString &description)
+{
+    m_description = description;
+}
+
+QStringList TerminalCommand::mandatoryParameters() const
+{
+    return m_mandatorysParameters;
+}
+
+void TerminalCommand::setMandatoryParameters(const QStringList &parameters)
+{
+    m_mandatorysParameters = parameters;
+}
+
+QStringList TerminalCommand::optionalParameters() const
+{
+    return m_optionalParameters;
+}
+
+void TerminalCommand::setOptionalParameters(const QStringList &parameters)
+{
+    m_optionalParameters = parameters;
+}
+
+bool TerminalCommand::isValid()
+{
+    return !m_command.isEmpty() && !m_description.isEmpty();
+}
diff --git a/zigbee-cli/terminalcommand.h b/zigbee-cli/terminalcommand.h
index d083c82..bf712eb 100644
--- a/zigbee-cli/terminalcommand.h
+++ b/zigbee-cli/terminalcommand.h
@@ -1,17 +1,35 @@
 #ifndef TERMINALCOMMAND_H
 #define TERMINALCOMMAND_H
 
-#include <QObject>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QStringList>
 
-class TerminalCommand : public QObject
+class TerminalCommand
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    explicit TerminalCommand(QObject *parent = nullptr);
+    explicit TerminalCommand();
+    explicit TerminalCommand(const QString &command, const QString &description);
 
-signals:
+    QString command() const;
+    void setCommand(const QString &command);
+
+    QString description() const;
+    void setDescription(const QString &description);
+
+    QStringList mandatoryParameters() const;
+    void setMandatoryParameters(const QStringList &parameters);
+
+    QStringList optionalParameters() const;
+    void setOptionalParameters(const QStringList &parameters);
+
+    bool isValid();
+
+private:
+    QString m_command;
+    QString m_description;
+    QStringList m_mandatorysParameters;
+    QStringList m_optionalParameters;
 
-public slots:
 };
 
-#endif // TERMINALCOMMAND_H
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif // TERMINALCOMMAND_H
diff --git a/zigbee-cli/terminalcommander.cpp b/zigbee-cli/terminalcommander.cpp
index c436b19..07a057a 100644
--- a/zigbee-cli/terminalcommander.cpp
+++ b/zigbee-cli/terminalcommander.cpp
@@ -16,25 +16,34 @@ TerminalCommander *TerminalCommander::instance()
     return s_instance;
 }
 
-QStringList TerminalCommander::commands() const
+void TerminalCommander::destroy()
+{
+    qCDebug(dcZigbee()) << "Shut down terminal commander. Have a nice day.b";
+    stopProcess();
+}
+
+QList<TerminalCommand> TerminalCommander::commands() const
 {
     return m_commands;
 }
 
+void TerminalCommander::setCommands(QList<TerminalCommand> commands)
+{
+    m_commands.append(commands);
+}
+
 TerminalCommander::TerminalCommander(QObject *parent) :
     QThread(parent)
 {
-    m_commands.append("start");
-    m_commands.append("stop");
-    m_commands.append("explode");
+    // Native terminal commands
+    m_commands.append(TerminalCommand("exit", "Exit this application"));
+    m_commands.append(TerminalCommand("quit", "Quit this application"));
+    m_commands.append(TerminalCommand("help", "Print this help message"));
 }
 
 TerminalCommander::~TerminalCommander()
 {
-    mutex.lock();
-    m_abort = true;
-    mutex.unlock();
-
+    destroy();
     wait();
 }
 
@@ -45,9 +54,8 @@ void TerminalCommander::printToTerminal(const QString &message)
 
 void TerminalCommander::stopProcess()
 {
-    mutex.lock();
+    QMutexLocker locker(&m_mutex);
     m_abort = true;
-    mutex.unlock();
 }
 
 void TerminalCommander::run()
@@ -57,24 +65,51 @@ void TerminalCommander::run()
 
     rl_set_prompt(QString("%1[zigbee]%2 ").arg(terminalColorBoldGray).arg(terminalColorNormal).toStdString().data());
     rl_redisplay();
-
     rl_bind_key('\t',rl_complete);
 
+    rl_clear_signals();
+    rl_catch_signals = 1;
+
     while (true) {
         char *buffer = readline(QString("%1[zigbee]%2 ").arg(terminalColorBoldGray).arg(terminalColorNormal).toStdString().data());
         rl_bind_key('\t',rl_complete);
         if (buffer) {
             if (!QString(buffer).isEmpty()) {
                 QStringList tokens = QString(buffer).split(" ");
-                emit commandReceived(tokens);
-                add_history(buffer);
-                free(buffer);
+
+                // Check quit
+                if (tokens.count() == 1 && (tokens.first() == "quit" || tokens.first() == "exit")) {
+                    qDebug() << "";
+                    rl_on_new_line();
+                    rl_replace_line("", 0);
+                    rl_redisplay();
+                    qCDebug(dcZigbee()) << "Terminal thread stopped";
+                    free(buffer);
+                    stopProcess();
+                    return;
+
+                } else if (tokens.count() == 1 && (tokens.first() == "?" || tokens.first() == "help")) {
+                    printHelpMessage();
+                    add_history(buffer);
+                    free(buffer);
+                } else {
+                    emit commandReceived(tokens);
+                    add_history(buffer);
+                    free(buffer);
+                }
             }
         }
-    }
 
-    if (m_abort)
-        return;
+        QMutexLocker locker(&m_mutex);
+        if (m_abort) {
+            qDebug() << "";
+            rl_on_new_line();
+            rl_replace_line("", 0);
+            rl_redisplay();
+            qCDebug(dcZigbee()) << "Terminal thread stopped";
+            return;
+        }
+    }
 
     msleep(10);
 }
@@ -107,7 +142,21 @@ void TerminalCommander::rl_printf(const char *fmt, ...)
         rl_redisplay();
         free(saved_line);
     }
+}
 
+void TerminalCommander::signalHandler(int status)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(status)
+    qCDebug(dcZigbee()) << "Terminal thread stopped";
+    TerminalCommander::instance()->stopProcess();
+}
+
+void TerminalCommander::printHelpMessage()
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < m_commands.count(); i++) {
+        QString command = QString("\t%1 %2").arg(m_commands.at(i).command(), -20).arg(m_commands.at(i).description());
+        rl_printf("%s\n",command.toStdString().data());
+    }
 }
 
 char **commandCompletion(const char *text, int start, int end)
@@ -135,7 +184,7 @@ char *commandCompletionGenerator(const char *text, int state)
         len = strlen(text);
     }
 
-    while (list_index < TerminalCommander::instance()->commands().count() && (name = TerminalCommander::instance()->commands().at(list_index).toStdString().data())) {
+    while (list_index < TerminalCommander::instance()->commands().count() && (name = TerminalCommander::instance()->commands().at(list_index).command().toStdString().data())) {
         list_index++;
         if (strncmp (name, text, len) == 0) return strdup (name);
     }
diff --git a/zigbee-cli/terminalcommander.h b/zigbee-cli/terminalcommander.h
index 245460a..92ab24a 100644
--- a/zigbee-cli/terminalcommander.h
+++ b/zigbee-cli/terminalcommander.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #include <readline/readline.h>
 #include <readline/history.h>
 
+#include "terminalcommand.h"
+
 static const char *const terminalColorNormal = "\033[0m";
 static const char *const terminalColorYellow = "\x1B[0;93m";
 static const char *const terminalColorRed = "\x1B[0;91m";
@@ -24,21 +26,26 @@ class TerminalCommander : public QThread
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     static TerminalCommander* instance();
+    void destroy();
+
+    QList<TerminalCommand> commands() const;
+    void setCommands(QList<TerminalCommand> commands);
 
-    QStringList commands() const;
     void printToTerminal(const QString &message);
 
 private:
     explicit TerminalCommander(QObject *parent = nullptr);
     ~TerminalCommander();
 
-    bool m_abort = false;
-    QMutex mutex;
+    QList<TerminalCommand> m_commands;
 
-    QStringList m_commands;
+    QMutex m_mutex;
+    bool m_abort = false;
 
     static void rl_printf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
+    static void signalHandler(int status);
 
+    void printHelpMessage();
 
 signals:
     void commandReceived(const QStringList &tokens);