diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/lambda/runtime/api/client/AWSLambda.java b/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/lambda/runtime/api/client/AWSLambda.java
index 986f8b7b..2eeb14e3 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/lambda/runtime/api/client/AWSLambda.java
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/lambda/runtime/api/client/AWSLambda.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */
+
 package com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.api.client;
 
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.crac.Core;
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@
 import java.security.Security;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
-
 /**
  * The entrypoint of this class is {@link AWSLambda#startRuntime}. It performs two main tasks:
  *
@@ -137,6 +137,42 @@ private static LambdaRequestHandler findRequestHandler(final String handlerStrin
         return requestHandler;
     }
 
+    private static LambdaRequestHandler getLambdaRequestHandlerObject(String handler, LambdaContextLogger lambdaLogger) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
+        UnsafeUtil.disableIllegalAccessWarning();
+
+        System.setOut(new PrintStream(new LambdaOutputStream(System.out), false, "UTF-8"));
+        System.setErr(new PrintStream(new LambdaOutputStream(System.err), false, "UTF-8"));
+        setupRuntimeLogger(lambdaLogger);
+
+        runtimeClient = new LambdaRuntimeApiClientImpl(LambdaEnvironment.RUNTIME_API);
+
+        String taskRoot = System.getProperty("user.dir");
+        String libRoot = "/opt/java";
+        // Make system classloader the customer classloader's parent to ensure any aws-lambda-java-core classes
+        // are loaded from the system classloader.
+        customerClassLoader = new CustomerClassLoader(taskRoot, libRoot, ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader());
+        Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(customerClassLoader);
+
+        // Load the user's handler
+        LambdaRequestHandler requestHandler = null;
+        try {
+            requestHandler = findRequestHandler(handler, customerClassLoader);
+        } catch (UserFault userFault) {
+            lambdaLogger.log(userFault.reportableError(), lambdaLogger.getLogFormat() == LogFormat.JSON ? LogLevel.ERROR : LogLevel.UNDEFINED);
+            LambdaError error = new LambdaError(
+                    LambdaErrorConverter.fromUserFault(userFault),
+                    RapidErrorType.BadFunctionCode);
+            runtimeClient.reportInitError(error);
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+
+        if (INIT_TYPE_SNAP_START.equals(AWS_LAMBDA_INITIALIZATION_TYPE)) {
+            onInitComplete(lambdaLogger);
+        }
+
+        return requestHandler;
+    }
+
     public static void setupRuntimeLogger(LambdaLogger lambdaLogger)
             throws ClassNotFoundException {
         ReflectUtil.setStaticField(
@@ -176,55 +212,27 @@ private static LogSink createLogSink() {
         }
     }
 
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
-        startRuntime(args[0]);
-    }
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        try (LambdaContextLogger logger = initLogger()) {
+            LambdaRequestHandler lambdaRequestHandler = getLambdaRequestHandlerObject(args[0], logger);
+            startRuntimeLoop(lambdaRequestHandler, logger);
 
-    private static void startRuntime(String handler) {
-        try (LogSink logSink = createLogSink()) {
-            LambdaContextLogger logger = new LambdaContextLogger(
-                    logSink,
-                    LogLevel.fromString(LambdaEnvironment.LAMBDA_LOG_LEVEL),
-                    LogFormat.fromString(LambdaEnvironment.LAMBDA_LOG_FORMAT)
-            );
-            startRuntime(handler, logger);
-        } catch (Throwable t) {
+        } catch (IOException | ClassNotFoundException t) {
             throw new Error(t);
         }
     }
 
-    private static void startRuntime(String handler, LambdaContextLogger lambdaLogger) throws Throwable {
-        UnsafeUtil.disableIllegalAccessWarning();
-
-        System.setOut(new PrintStream(new LambdaOutputStream(System.out), false, "UTF-8"));
-        System.setErr(new PrintStream(new LambdaOutputStream(System.err), false, "UTF-8"));
-        setupRuntimeLogger(lambdaLogger);
+    private static LambdaContextLogger initLogger() {
+        LogSink logSink = createLogSink();
+        LambdaContextLogger logger = new LambdaContextLogger(
+                logSink,
+                LogLevel.fromString(LambdaEnvironment.LAMBDA_LOG_LEVEL),
+                LogFormat.fromString(LambdaEnvironment.LAMBDA_LOG_FORMAT));
 
-        runtimeClient = new LambdaRuntimeApiClientImpl(LambdaEnvironment.RUNTIME_API);
-
-        String taskRoot = System.getProperty("user.dir");
-        String libRoot = "/opt/java";
-        // Make system classloader the customer classloader's parent to ensure any aws-lambda-java-core classes
-        // are loaded from the system classloader.
-        customerClassLoader = new CustomerClassLoader(taskRoot, libRoot, ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader());
-        Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(customerClassLoader);
+        return logger;
+    }
 
-        // Load the user's handler
-        LambdaRequestHandler requestHandler;
-        try {
-            requestHandler = findRequestHandler(handler, customerClassLoader);
-        } catch (UserFault userFault) {
-            lambdaLogger.log(userFault.reportableError(), lambdaLogger.getLogFormat() == LogFormat.JSON ? LogLevel.ERROR : LogLevel.UNDEFINED);
-            LambdaError error = new LambdaError(
-                    LambdaErrorConverter.fromUserFault(userFault),
-                    RapidErrorType.BadFunctionCode);
-            runtimeClient.reportInitError(error);
-            System.exit(1);
-            return;
-        }
-        if (INIT_TYPE_SNAP_START.equals(AWS_LAMBDA_INITIALIZATION_TYPE)) {
-            onInitComplete(lambdaLogger);
-        }
+    private static void startRuntimeLoop(LambdaRequestHandler requestHandler, LambdaContextLogger lambdaLogger) throws Throwable {
         boolean shouldExit = false;
         while (!shouldExit) {
             UserFault userFault = null;
@@ -240,7 +248,7 @@ private static void startRuntime(String handler, LambdaContextLogger lambdaLogge
                 payload = requestHandler.call(request);
                 runtimeClient.reportInvocationSuccess(request.getId(), payload.toByteArray());
                 // clear interrupted flag in case if it was set by user's code
-                boolean ignored = Thread.interrupted();
+                Thread.interrupted();
             } catch (UserFault f) {
                 shouldExit = f.fatal;
                 userFault = f;
@@ -278,6 +286,7 @@ static void onInitComplete(final LambdaContextLogger lambdaLogger) throws IOExce
                     RapidErrorType.BeforeCheckpointError));
             System.exit(64);
         }
+
         try {
             Core.getGlobalContext().afterRestore(null);
         } catch (Exception restoreExc) {
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/lambda/runtime/api/client/logging/LambdaContextLogger.java b/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/lambda/runtime/api/client/logging/LambdaContextLogger.java
index 693eb015..dd356912 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/lambda/runtime/api/client/logging/LambdaContextLogger.java
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-runtime-interface-client/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/lambda/runtime/api/client/logging/LambdaContextLogger.java
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.logging.LogFormat;
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.logging.LogLevel;
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 
-public class LambdaContextLogger extends AbstractLambdaLogger {
+public class LambdaContextLogger extends AbstractLambdaLogger implements Closeable {
     // If a null string is passed in, replace it with "null",
     // replicating the behavior of System.out.println(null);
     private static final byte[] NULL_BYTES_VALUE = "null".getBytes(UTF_8);
@@ -29,4 +31,10 @@ protected void logMessage(byte[] message, LogLevel logLevel) {
             sink.log(logLevel, this.logFormat, message);
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        sink.close();
+        
+    }
 }