diff --git a/src/Compiler/Interactive/FSharpInteractiveServer.fs b/src/Compiler/Interactive/FSharpInteractiveServer.fs
index a440175622f..c5ff7f1346a 100644
--- a/src/Compiler/Interactive/FSharpInteractiveServer.fs
+++ b/src/Compiler/Interactive/FSharpInteractiveServer.fs
@@ -25,41 +25,44 @@ module CtrlBreakHandlers =
         // Exceptions percolate to callsite, IO exceptions must be handled by caller
         // Should be run on a new thread
         member this.Run() : unit =
-            let service = Some(new NamedPipeServerStream(channelName, PipeDirection.In))
+            let service = new NamedPipeServerStream(channelName, PipeDirection.In)
 
-            match service with
-            | Some service ->
-                // Wait for a client to connect
-                service.WaitForConnection()
-                use stream = new StreamReader(service)
+            // Wait for a client to connect
+            service.WaitForConnection()
+            use stream = new StreamReader(service)
 
-                try
-                    while not (stream.EndOfStream) do
-                        let line = stream.ReadLine()
-
-                        if line = interuptCommand then
-                            this.Interrupt()
-                finally
-                    stream.Close()
-                    service.Close()
-            | None -> ()
+            try
+                while not (stream.EndOfStream) do
+                    let line = stream.ReadLine()
+
+                    if line = interuptCommand then
+                        this.Interrupt()
+            finally
+                stream.Close()
+                service.Close()
 
     type public CtrlBreakClient(channelName: string) =
 
-        let mutable service: NamedPipeClientStream option = None
+        let mutable service: NamedPipeClientStream option = Some(new NamedPipeClientStream(".", channelName, PipeDirection.Out))
 
         member this.Interrupt() =
             match service with
             | None -> ()
-            | Some service ->
+            | Some client ->
                 try
-                    if not (service.IsConnected) then
-                        service.Connect(connectionTimeout)
+                    if not (client.IsConnected) then
+                        client.Connect(connectionTimeout)
                 with _ ->
                     ()
 
-                service.Write(lineInteruptCommand, 0, lineInteruptCommand.Length)
-                service.Flush()
+                client.Write(lineInteruptCommand, 0, lineInteruptCommand.Length)
+                client.Flush()
+
+        interface IDisposable with
+            member _.Dispose() =
+                match service with
+                | None -> ()
+                | Some client ->
+                    client.Dispose()
+                    service <- None
 
-        member _.Start() =
-            service <- Some(new NamedPipeClientStream(".", channelName, PipeDirection.Out))
diff --git a/src/Compiler/Interactive/FSharpInteractiveServer.fsi b/src/Compiler/Interactive/FSharpInteractiveServer.fsi
index 85b4e7bacd4..2e3359dc01d 100644
--- a/src/Compiler/Interactive/FSharpInteractiveServer.fsi
+++ b/src/Compiler/Interactive/FSharpInteractiveServer.fsi
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All Rights Reserved.  See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 namespace FSharp.Compiler.Interactive
+open System
 
 module CtrlBreakHandlers =
 
@@ -12,8 +13,9 @@ module CtrlBreakHandlers =
         member Run: unit -> unit
 
     type public CtrlBreakClient =
+
         new: channelName: string -> CtrlBreakClient
 
         member Interrupt: unit -> unit
 
-        member Start: unit -> unit
+        interface IDisposable
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vsintegration/src/FSharp.VS.FSI/sessions.fs b/vsintegration/src/FSharp.VS.FSI/sessions.fs
index fd508932975..c552c0eda41 100644
--- a/vsintegration/src/FSharp.VS.FSI/sessions.fs
+++ b/vsintegration/src/FSharp.VS.FSI/sessions.fs
@@ -352,11 +352,9 @@ type FsiSession(sourceFile: string) =
 
     do cmdProcess.EnableRaisingEvents <- true
 
-    let clientConnection =
+    let client =
         try
-            let server = CtrlBreakClient(channelName)
-            server.Start()
-            Some server
+            new CtrlBreakClient(channelName)
         with e -> raise (SessionError (VFSIstrings.SR.exceptionRaisedWhenCreatingRemotingClient(e.ToString())))
 
     /// interrupt timeout in miliseconds
@@ -364,12 +362,9 @@ type FsiSession(sourceFile: string) =
 
     // Create session object 
     member _.Interrupt() = 
-       match clientConnection with
-       | None -> false
-       | Some client ->
-           match timeoutApp "VFSI interrupt" interruptTimeoutMS (fun () -> client.Interrupt()) () with
-           | Some () -> true
-           | None    -> false
+        match timeoutApp "VFSI interrupt" interruptTimeoutMS (fun () -> client.Interrupt()) () with
+        | Some () -> true
+        | None    -> false
 
     member _.SendInput (str: string) = inputQueue.Post(str)
 
@@ -381,7 +376,7 @@ type FsiSession(sourceFile: string) =
 
     member _.Alive       = not cmdProcess.HasExited
 
-    member _.SupportsInterrupt = not cmdProcess.HasExited && clientConnection.IsSome
+    member _.SupportsInterrupt = not cmdProcess.HasExited
 
     member _.ProcessID   =
         // When using .NET Core, allow up to 2 seconds to allow detection of process ID