diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sdk/ExtensionsRunner.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sdk/ExtensionsRunner.java
index 8c5417fa..1357b2b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sdk/ExtensionsRunner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sdk/ExtensionsRunner.java
@@ -459,10 +459,10 @@ public void startActionListener(int timeout) {
      */
     public static void run(Extension extension) throws IOException {
         logger.info("Starting extension " + extension.getExtensionSettings().getExtensionName());
-        @SuppressWarnings("unused")
         ExtensionsRunner runner = new ExtensionsRunner(extension);
         // initialize the transport service
-        new NettyTransport(runner).initializeExtensionTransportService(runner.getSettings(), new ThreadPool(runner.getSettings()), runner);
+        NettyTransport nettyTransport = new NettyTransport(runner);
+        nettyTransport.initializeExtensionTransportService(runner.getSettings(), new ThreadPool(runner.getSettings()), runner);
         runner.startActionListener(0);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sdk/TestNetty4Transport.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sdk/TestNetty4Transport.java
index 5b5013fc..06549a64 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sdk/TestNetty4Transport.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sdk/TestNetty4Transport.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 package org.opensearch.sdk;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.opensearch.common.component.Lifecycle;