diff --git a/thoth/src/test/java/com/salesforce/apollo/thoth/BootstrappingTest.java b/thoth/src/test/java/com/salesforce/apollo/thoth/BootstrappingTest.java
index d36c6707d..ee0479a04 100644
--- a/thoth/src/test/java/com/salesforce/apollo/thoth/BootstrappingTest.java
+++ b/thoth/src/test/java/com/salesforce/apollo/thoth/BootstrappingTest.java
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 package com.salesforce.apollo.thoth;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.Any;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.gorgoneion.proto.SignedNonce;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.stereotomy.event.proto.Validations;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.LocalServer;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.Router;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.archipelago.ServerConnectionCache;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.cryptography.DigestAlgorithm;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.gorgoneion.Gorgoneion;
@@ -19,14 +18,17 @@
 import com.salesforce.apollo.gorgoneion.client.client.comm.AdmissionsClient;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.gorgoneion.comm.admissions.AdmissionsServer;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.gorgoneion.comm.admissions.AdmissionsService;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.gorgoneion.proto.SignedNonce;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.membership.stereotomy.ControlledIdentifierMember;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.stereotomy.KERL;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.stereotomy.KeyState;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.stereotomy.StereotomyImpl;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.stereotomy.event.proto.Validations;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.stereotomy.mem.MemKERL;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.stereotomy.mem.MemKeyStore;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.stereotomy.services.proto.ProtoKERLAdapter;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.utils.Utils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
@@ -44,6 +46,15 @@
  */
 public class BootstrappingTest extends AbstractDhtTest {
 
+    private Router clientRouter;
+
+    @AfterEach
+    public void closeClient() throws Exception {
+        if (clientRouter != null) {
+            clientRouter.close(Duration.ofSeconds(3));
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void smokin() throws Exception {
         routers.values().forEach(r -> r.start());
@@ -71,7 +82,7 @@ context, new DirectPublisher(new ProtoKERLAdapter(k)), r,
         var client = new ControlledIdentifierMember(clientStereotomy.newIdentifier());
 
         // Registering client comms
-        var clientRouter = new LocalServer(prefix, client).router(ServerConnectionCache.newBuilder().setTarget(2));
+        clientRouter = new LocalServer(prefix, client).router(ServerConnectionCache.newBuilder().setTarget(2));
         AdmissionsService admissions = mock(AdmissionsService.class);
         var clientComminications = clientRouter.create(client, context.getId(), admissions, ":admissions-client",
                                                        r -> new AdmissionsServer(
diff --git a/thoth/src/test/java/com/salesforce/apollo/thoth/ThothServerTest.java b/thoth/src/test/java/com/salesforce/apollo/thoth/ThothServerTest.java
index 0498289be..06642ec51 100644
--- a/thoth/src/test/java/com/salesforce/apollo/thoth/ThothServerTest.java
+++ b/thoth/src/test/java/com/salesforce/apollo/thoth/ThothServerTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.salesforce.apollo.thoth;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.Empty;
-import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Thoth_Grpc;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.cryptography.DigestAlgorithm;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.membership.stereotomy.ControlledIdentifierMember;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.stereotomy.ControlledIdentifier;
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@
 import com.salesforce.apollo.stereotomy.mem.MemKERL;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.stereotomy.mem.MemKeyStore;
 import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.grpc.ThothServer;
+import com.salesforce.apollo.thoth.proto.Thoth_Grpc;
 import io.grpc.Channel;
 import io.grpc.ServerBuilder;
 import io.grpc.inprocess.InProcessChannelBuilder;
@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ public void smokin() throws Exception {
                                                                .addService(new ThothServer(new Thoth(stereotomy)));
         var server = serverBuilder.build();
         server.start();
+        var channel = InProcessChannelBuilder.forName(localId).usePlaintext().build();
         try {
-            var channel = InProcessChannelBuilder.forName(localId).usePlaintext().build();
             var thoth = new ThothClient(channel);
-
             ControlledIdentifier<SelfAddressingIdentifier> controller = stereotomy.newIdentifier();
 
             // delegated inception
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@ public void smokin() throws Exception {
             coords = controller.seal(builder);
             thoth.commit(coords);
         } finally {
+            channel.shutdown();
             server.shutdown();
             server.awaitTermination(3, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         }