diff --git a/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/control/control_client_channel.cpp b/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/control/control_client_channel.cpp
index fd9f1d57e..37dadadb8 100644
--- a/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/control/control_client_channel.cpp
+++ b/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/control/control_client_channel.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ bool ControlClientChannel::getResponse(ControlClientMessage& msg)
         LM_LOG_DEBUG() << "Response retrieved.";
     }
 
+    nudgeControlClientHandler();
+
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -89,25 +91,7 @@ void ControlClientChannel::sendRequest(ControlClientMessage& msg)
     request_.msg_ = msg;
     request_.empty_ = false;
 
-    // now map the semaphore and post on it
-    // Attempt to map the semaphore
-    auto* nudgeLM = mmap(
-        NULL, sizeof(osal::Semaphore), PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, osal::IpcCommsSync::control_client_handler_nudge_fd, 0);
-
-    // RULECHECKER_comment(1, 1, check_c_style_cast, "This is the definition provided by the OS and does a C-style
-    // cast.", true)
-    if (nudgeLM != MAP_FAILED)
-    {
-        LM_LOG_DEBUG() << "Request sent. Waiting for acknowledgment...";
-        auto* semaphore = static_cast<osal::Semaphore*>(nudgeLM);
-
-        // coverity[cert_mem52_cpp_violation:FALSE] The allocated memory is checked by the containing if statement.
-        const auto result = semaphore->post();
-        SCORE_LANGUAGE_FUTURECPP_ASSERT_MESSAGE(result == osal::OsalReturnType::kSuccess,
-                                                "ControlClientChannel semaphore post failed");
-
-        munmap(nudgeLM, sizeof(osal::Semaphore));  // Unmap the semaphore
-    }
+    nudgeControlClientHandler();
 
     const auto result = nudge_LM_Handler_.wait();
     SCORE_LANGUAGE_FUTURECPP_ASSERT_MESSAGE(result == osal::OsalReturnType::kSuccess,
@@ -196,6 +180,9 @@ ControlClientChannelP ControlClientChannel::initializeControlClientChannel(int f
         lock.unlock();
         init_cv_.notify_all();
     }
+
+    loadControlNudge();
+
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -260,6 +247,29 @@ void ControlClientChannel::releaseParentMapping()
     ipc_parent_.reset();
 }
 
+bool ControlClientChannel::loadControlNudge() {
+    if (nudgeControlClientHandler_ != nullptr) {
+        LM_LOG_ERROR() << "Semaphore was already mapped!";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    void* nudgeBuf = mmap(
+        NULL, sizeof(osal::Semaphore), PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
+        osal::IpcCommsSync::control_client_handler_nudge_fd, 0);
+
+    // RULECHECKER_comment(1, 1, check_c_style_cast, "This is the definition provided by the OS and does a C-style cast.", true)
+    if (nudgeBuf == MAP_FAILED)
+    {
+        LM_LOG_ERROR() << "mmap of nudge semaphore failed in initializeControlClientChannel:"
+                        << std::strerror(errno);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    nudgeControlClientHandler_ = static_cast<osal::Semaphore*>(nudgeBuf);
+    return true;
+}
+
+
 std::string_view ControlClientChannel::toString(ControlClientCode code)
 {
     for (const auto& mapping : stateArray)
diff --git a/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/control/control_client_channel.hpp b/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/control/control_client_channel.hpp
index 5d289683e..9b164ff0c 100644
--- a/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/control/control_client_channel.hpp
+++ b/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/control/control_client_channel.hpp
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ class ControlClientChannel final {
 
    private:
 
+    /// @brief loads the control channel's nudge semaphore.
+    static bool loadControlNudge();
+
     /// @brief Ensure that the ControlClientChannel was setup properly before
     /// accessing it
     static bool is_initialized_;
diff --git a/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/process_group_manager/details/process_group_manager.cpp b/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/process_group_manager/details/process_group_manager.cpp
index 40c94ba54..6fb3c8a1d 100644
--- a/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/process_group_manager/details/process_group_manager.cpp
+++ b/score/launch_manager/src/daemon/src/process_group_manager/details/process_group_manager.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ static std::atomic_bool em_cancelled{false};
 static void my_signal_handler(int)
 {
     em_cancelled.store(true);
+    ControlClientChannel::nudgeControlClientHandler();
 }
 
 void ProcessGroupManager::cancel()
@@ -142,16 +143,13 @@ inline bool ProcessGroupManager::initializeControlClientHandler()
     // The name is removed from the file system after creation, memory
     // is mapped and a pointer stored, the FD is kept open.
     ControlClientChannel::nudgeControlClientHandler_ = nullptr;
-    char shm_name[static_cast<uint32_t>(score::lcm::internal::ProcessLimits::maxLocalBuffSize)];
+    constexpr static std::string_view shm_name{"/_nudge~._.~me_"};
 
-    static_cast<void>(snprintf(shm_name,
-                               static_cast<uint32_t>(score::lcm::internal::ProcessLimits::maxLocalBuffSize),
-                               "/_nudge~._.~me_"));  // random name
-    int fd = shm_open(shm_name, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_RDWR, 0U);
+    int fd = shm_open(shm_name.data(), O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_RDWR, 0U);
 
     if (fd >= 0)
     {
-        shm_unlink(shm_name);
+        shm_unlink(shm_name.data());
 
         if (0 == ftruncate(fd, static_cast<off_t>(sizeof(osal::Semaphore))))
         {
@@ -464,10 +462,6 @@ bool ProcessGroupManager::sendResponse(ControlClientMessage msg)
                            << static_cast<int>(msg.request_or_response_) << ") re state"
                            << msg.process_group_state_.pg_state_name_ << "of PG" << msg.process_group_state_.pg_name_;
             ret = scc->sendResponse(msg);
-            if (!ret)
-            {
-                ControlClientChannel::nudgeControlClientHandler();
-            }
         }
     }