diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2070115..7d44534 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.uid2</groupId>
     <artifactId>uid2-optout</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.1</version>
+    <version>2.0.2</version>
 
     <name>uid2-optout</name>
     <url>https://github.com/IABTechLab/uid2-optout</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java b/src/main/java/com/uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java
index 2c6b68e..9562fb0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ public class OptOutServiceVerticle extends AbstractVerticle {
     private final boolean enableOptOutPartnerMock;
     private final String internalApiKey;
 
-    public OptOutServiceVerticle(Vertx vertx, IAuthorizableProvider clientKeyProvider, ICloudStorage cloudStorage, JsonObject jsonConfig) {
+    public OptOutServiceVerticle(Vertx vertx,
+                                 IAuthorizableProvider clientKeyProvider,
+                                 ICloudStorage cloudStorage,
+                                 JsonObject jsonConfig) {
         this.healthComponent.setHealthStatus(false, "not started");
 
         this.cloudStorage = cloudStorage;
@@ -98,12 +101,10 @@ public static void sendStatus(int statusCode, HttpServerResponse response) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void start(Promise<Void> startPromise) throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("starting OptOutService");
+    public void start(Promise<Void> startPromise) {
         this.healthComponent.setHealthStatus(false, "still starting");
 
         try {
-            LOGGER.info("starting service on http.port: " + listenPort);
             vertx.createHttpServer()
                     .requestHandler(createRouter())
                     .listen(listenPort, result -> handleListenResult(startPromise, result));
@@ -113,18 +114,16 @@ public void start(Promise<Void> startPromise) throws Exception {
         }
 
         startPromise.future()
-                .onSuccess(v -> {
-                    LOGGER.info("started OptOutService");
-                })
+                .onSuccess(v -> LOGGER.info("OptOutServiceVerticle started on HTTP port: {}", listenPort))
                 .onFailure(e -> {
-                    LOGGER.error("failed starting OptOutService", e);
+                    LOGGER.error("OptOutServiceVerticle failed to start", e);
                     this.healthComponent.setHealthStatus(false, e.getMessage());
                 });
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void stop() throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("Shutting down OptOutService.");
+    public void stop() {
+        LOGGER.info("Shutting down OptOutServiceVerticle");
     }
 
     public void setCloudPaths(Collection<String> paths) {
@@ -287,6 +286,7 @@ private void handleReplicate(RoutingContext routingContext) {
                             resp.setStatusCode(200)
                                     .setChunked(true)
                                     .write(timestamp);
+                            resp.end();
                         }
                     }
                 });