diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8b6f64b1..96428e2f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
         "php": ">=7.4",
         "beberlei/assert": "^2.1 || ^3.0",
         "bernard/normalt": "^1.0",
-        "symfony/event-dispatcher": "^3.0 || ^4.0"
+        "symfony/event-dispatcher": "^3.0 || ^4.0",
+        "ext-pcntl": "*"
     },
     "require-dev" : {
         "doctrine/dbal": "^2.5",
diff --git a/src/Consumer.php b/src/Consumer.php
index 2fefc087..522613ce 100644
--- a/src/Consumer.php
+++ b/src/Consumer.php
@@ -36,15 +36,14 @@ public function __construct(Router $router, EventDispatcherInterface $dispatcher
      *
      * @param Queue $queue
      * @param array $options
+     * @throws \Throwable
      */
     public function consume(Queue $queue, array $options = [])
     {
-        declare(ticks=1);
-
         $this->bind();
 
         while ($this->tick($queue, $options)) {
-            // NO op
+            pcntl_signal_dispatch();
         }
     }
 
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@ public function consume(Queue $queue, array $options = [])
      * @param array $options
      *
      * @return bool
+     * @throws \Throwable
      */
     public function tick(Queue $queue, array $options = [])
     {
@@ -134,15 +134,19 @@ public function invoke(Envelope $envelope, Queue $queue)
             $queue->acknowledge($envelope);
 
             $this->dispatcher->dispatch(BernardEvents::ACKNOWLEDGE, new EnvelopeEvent($envelope, $queue));
+
         } catch (\Throwable $error) {
+            // php 7
             $this->rejectDispatch($error, $envelope, $queue);
         } catch (\Exception $exception) {
+            // php 5
             $this->rejectDispatch($exception, $envelope, $queue);
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * @param array $options
+     * @return array
      */
     protected function configure(array $options)
     {
@@ -153,6 +157,8 @@ protected function configure(array $options)
         $this->options = array_filter($options) + $this->options;
         $this->options['max-runtime'] += microtime(true);
         $this->configured = true;
+
+        return $this->options;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Driver/FlatFile/Driver.php b/src/Driver/FlatFile/Driver.php
index afd91e0c..d4b7a83f 100644
--- a/src/Driver/FlatFile/Driver.php
+++ b/src/Driver/FlatFile/Driver.php
@@ -109,7 +109,14 @@ public function popMessage($queueName, $duration = 5)
                 $files = $this->getJobFiles($queueName);
             }
 
-            usleep(1000);
+            $nano = time_nanosleep(0, 1000000);
+            if ($nano === false) {
+                // fallback when time_nanosleep fails
+                usleep(1000);
+            } elseif (is_array($nano)) {
+                // Interrupted by a pcntl_signal
+                return array(null, null);
+            }
         }
 
         return [null, null];
diff --git a/tests/Driver/FlatFile/DriverTest.php b/tests/Driver/FlatFile/DriverTest.php
index da15d41e..16810ebe 100644
--- a/tests/Driver/FlatFile/DriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Driver/FlatFile/DriverTest.php
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ class DriverTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
      */
     private $driver;
 
+    private $baseDir;
+
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
         $this->baseDir = sys_get_temp_dir().\DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'bernard-flat';
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ public function testRemove()
 
         $this->driver->removeQueue('send-newsletter');
 
-        $this->assertDirectoryNotExists($this->baseDir.\DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'send-newsletter');
+        $this->assertDirectoryDoesNotExist($this->baseDir.\DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'send-newsletter');
     }
 
     public function testRemoveQueueWithPoppedMessage()
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ public function testRemoveQueueWithPoppedMessage()
 
         $this->driver->removeQueue('send-newsletter');
 
-        $this->assertDirectoryNotExists($this->baseDir.\DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'send-newsletter');
+        $this->assertDirectoryDoesNotExist($this->baseDir.\DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'send-newsletter');
     }
 
     public function testPushMessage()