diff --git a/gunicorn/arbiter.py b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
index d19e7457..527a8038 100644
--- a/gunicorn/arbiter.py
+++ b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class Arbiter(object):
         except OSError, e:
             if e.errno not in [errno.EAGAIN, errno.EINTR]:
                 raise
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            sys.exit()
     
     def listen(self, addr):
         for i in range(5):
diff --git a/gunicorn/http/request.py b/gunicorn/http/request.py
index 5352e94b..bd7488ca 100644
--- a/gunicorn/http/request.py
+++ b/gunicorn/http/request.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class HTTPRequest(object):
             self.socket.close()
 
     def first_line(self, line):
-        method, path, version = line.split(" ")
+        method, path, version = line.strip().split(" ")
         self.version = version.strip()
         self.method = method.upper()
         self.path = path