diff --git a/rd-api-client/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/RundeckClient.java b/rd-api-client/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/RundeckClient.java
index 8048f900..a5c9b28b 100644
--- a/rd-api-client/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/RundeckClient.java
+++ b/rd-api-client/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/RundeckClient.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.rundeck.client;
 
+import okhttp3.Cache;
 import okhttp3.HttpUrl;
 import okhttp3.JavaNetCookieJar;
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
@@ -294,10 +295,11 @@ private Client<A> buildRundeckClient() {
 
             okhttp.addInterceptor(new StaticHeaderInterceptor("User-Agent", userAgent));
 
+            OkHttpClient okhttp = this.okhttp.build();
 
-            Retrofit build = new Retrofit.Builder()
+            Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
                     .baseUrl(apiBaseUrl)
-                    .client(okhttp.build())
+                    .client(okhttp)
                     .addConverterFactory(new QualifiedTypeConverterFactory(
                             JacksonConverterFactory.create(),
                             JaxbConverterFactory.create(),
@@ -306,8 +308,16 @@ private Client<A> buildRundeckClient() {
                     .build();
 
             return new Client<>(
-                    build.create(api),
-                    build,
+                    retrofit.create(api),
+                    retrofit,
+                    () -> {
+                        okhttp.dispatcher().executorService().shutdown();
+                        okhttp.connectionPool().evictAll();
+                        Cache cache = okhttp.cache();
+                        if (null != cache && !cache.isClosed()) {
+                            cache.close();
+                        }
+                    },
                     appBaseUrl,
                     apiBaseUrl,
                     usedApiVers,
diff --git a/rd-api-client/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/util/Client.java b/rd-api-client/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/util/Client.java
index 780b75fa..9bafaafb 100644
--- a/rd-api-client/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/util/Client.java
+++ b/rd-api-client/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/util/Client.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public class Client<T> implements ServiceClient<T> {
     private final String apiBaseUrl;
     private final boolean allowVersionDowngrade;
     private final Logger logger;
+    private final Closeable closer;
 
     public interface Logger {
         void output(String out);
@@ -86,6 +87,33 @@ public Client(
         this.apiVersion = apiVersion;
         this.allowVersionDowngrade = allowVersionDowngrade;
         this.logger = logger;
+        this.closer = () -> {
+        };
+    }
+    public Client(
+            final T service,
+            final Retrofit retrofit,
+            final Closeable closer,
+            final String appBaseUrl,
+            final String apiBaseUrl,
+            final int apiVersion,
+            final boolean allowVersionDowngrade,
+            final Logger logger
+    )
+    {
+        this.service = service;
+        this.retrofit = retrofit;
+        this.appBaseUrl = appBaseUrl;
+        this.apiBaseUrl = apiBaseUrl;
+        this.apiVersion = apiVersion;
+        this.allowVersionDowngrade = allowVersionDowngrade;
+        this.logger = logger;
+        this.closer = closer;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        closer.close();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/rd-api-client/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/util/ServiceClient.java b/rd-api-client/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/util/ServiceClient.java
index f5ab288a..64e86901 100644
--- a/rd-api-client/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/util/ServiceClient.java
+++ b/rd-api-client/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/util/ServiceClient.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import retrofit2.Response;
 import retrofit2.Retrofit;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
  * @author greg
  * @since 10/19/17
  */
-public interface ServiceClient<T> {
+public interface ServiceClient<T> extends Closeable {
     /**
      * @param mediaType1 test type
      * @param types list of media types
diff --git a/rd-cli-tool/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/tool/Main.java b/rd-cli-tool/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/tool/Main.java
index d1637fe0..2571929f 100644
--- a/rd-cli-tool/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/tool/Main.java
+++ b/rd-cli-tool/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/tool/Main.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.rundeck.client.tool.extension.RdCommandExtension;
 import org.rundeck.client.tool.util.AdaptedToolbeltOutput;
 import org.rundeck.client.tool.util.ExtensionLoaderUtil;
+import org.rundeck.client.tool.util.Resources;
 import org.rundeck.client.util.*;
 import org.rundeck.toolbelt.*;
 import org.rundeck.toolbelt.format.json.jackson.JsonFormatter;
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.Tag;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.representer.Representer;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.*;
@@ -64,18 +67,21 @@ public class Main {
             RundeckClient.Builder.getUserAgent("rd-cli-tool/" + org.rundeck.client.Version.VERSION);
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws CommandRunFailure {
-        Rd rd = new Rd(new Env());
-        Tool tool = tool(rd);
         boolean success = false;
-        try {
-            success = tool.runMain(args, false);
-        } catch (RequestFailed failure) {
-            rd.getOutput().error(failure.getMessage());
-            if (rd.getDebugLevel() > 0) {
-                StringWriter sb = new StringWriter();
-                failure.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sb));
-                rd.getOutput().error(sb.toString());
+        try (Rd rd = new Rd(new Env())) {
+            Tool tool = tool(rd);
+            try {
+                success = tool.runMain(args, false);
+            } catch (RequestFailed failure) {
+                rd.getOutput().error(failure.getMessage());
+                if (rd.getDebugLevel() > 0) {
+                    StringWriter sb = new StringWriter();
+                    failure.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sb));
+                    rd.getOutput().error(sb.toString());
+                }
             }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
         }
         if (!success) {
             System.exit(2);
@@ -232,7 +238,8 @@ public static Tool tool(final Rd rd) {
         return belt.buckle();
     }
 
-    static class Rd extends ExtConfigSource implements RdApp, RdClientConfig {
+    static class Rd extends ExtConfigSource implements RdApp, RdClientConfig, Closeable {
+        private final Resources resources = new Resources();
         Client<RundeckApi> client;
         private CommandOutput output;
 
@@ -264,7 +271,7 @@ public String getDateFormat() {
         public Client<RundeckApi> getClient() throws InputError {
             if (null == client) {
                 try {
-                    client = Main.createClient(this);
+                    client = resources.add(Main.createClient(this));
                 } catch (ConfigSourceError configSourceError) {
                     throw new InputError(configSourceError.getMessage());
                 }
@@ -275,7 +282,7 @@ public Client<RundeckApi> getClient() throws InputError {
         @Override
         public Client<RundeckApi> getClient(final int version) throws InputError {
             try {
-                client = Main.createClient(this, version);
+                client = resources.add(Main.createClient(this, version));
             } catch (ConfigSourceError configSourceError) {
                 throw new InputError(configSourceError.getMessage());
             }
@@ -285,7 +292,7 @@ public Client<RundeckApi> getClient(final int version) throws InputError {
         @Override
         public <T> ServiceClient<T> getClient(final Class<T> api, final int version) throws InputError {
             try {
-                return Main.createClient(this, api, version);
+                return resources.add(Main.createClient(this, api, version));
             } catch (ConfigSourceError configSourceError) {
                 throw new InputError(configSourceError.getMessage());
             }
@@ -294,7 +301,7 @@ public <T> ServiceClient<T> getClient(final Class<T> api, final int version) thr
         @Override
         public <T> ServiceClient<T> getClient(final Class<T> api) throws InputError {
             try {
-                return Main.createClient(this, api, null);
+                return resources.add(Main.createClient(this, api, null));
             } catch (ConfigSourceError configSourceError) {
                 throw new InputError(configSourceError.getMessage());
             }
@@ -328,6 +335,11 @@ public CommandOutput getOutput() {
         public void setOutput(CommandOutput output) {
             this.output = output;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void close() throws IOException {
+            resources.close();
+        }
     }
 
     private static void setupColor(final ToolBelt belt, RdClientConfig config) {
diff --git a/rd-cli-tool/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/tool/util/Resources.java b/rd-cli-tool/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/tool/util/Resources.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8938a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rd-cli-tool/src/main/java/org/rundeck/client/tool/util/Resources.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package org.rundeck.client.tool.util;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Holds collection of closeable resources
+ */
+public class Resources
+        implements Closeable
+{
+    private final Collection<Closeable> closeableResources = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    public <T extends Closeable> T add(T closeable) {
+        closeableResources.add(closeable);
+        return closeable;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        closeableResources.forEach(
+                closeable -> {
+                    try {
+                        closeable.close();
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        e.printStackTrace();
+                    }
+                }
+        );
+        closeableResources.clear();
+    }
+}