diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f6d9d6b..b1c98d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.mservicetech</groupId>
     <artifactId>openapi-schema-validation</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.6</version>
+    <version>2.0.7</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <description>openapi schema  for openpai 3.*</description>
     <url>https://github.com/mservicetech/openapi-schema-validation</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mservicetech/openapi/validation/OpenApiValidator.java b/src/main/java/com/mservicetech/openapi/validation/OpenApiValidator.java
index f22d6db..e1c9784 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mservicetech/openapi/validation/OpenApiValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mservicetech/openapi/validation/OpenApiValidator.java
@@ -52,19 +52,28 @@ public class OpenApiValidator {
      * The default construct will try to load openapi.yml file from classpath
      */
     public OpenApiValidator() {
+        InputStream in  = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(OPENAPI_YAML_CONFIG);;
         try {
-            InputStream in = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(OPENAPI_YAML_CONFIG);
             if (in == null) {
                 in = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(OPENAPI_YML_CONFIG);
                 if (in==null) {
-                    throw new IOException("cannot load openapi spec file");
+                    throw new IOException("Cannot load openapi spec file");
                 }
             }
             spec = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)).lines().collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
             openApiHelper = new OpenApiHelper(spec);
             schemaValidator = new SchemaValidator(openApiHelper.openApi3);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            logger.error("initial failed:" + e);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.error("Initial failed:" + e);
+        }
+        finally {
+            try {
+                if( in!=null ) {
+                    in.close();
+                }
+            } catch(IOException e) {
+                logger.error(" Failed to close input stream:" + e);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -74,10 +83,14 @@ public OpenApiValidator() {
      * @param openapiPath The schema file name and path to use when validating request bodies
      */
     public OpenApiValidator(String openapiPath) {
-        InputStream in = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(openapiPath);
-        spec = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)).lines().collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
-        openApiHelper = new OpenApiHelper(spec);
-        schemaValidator = new SchemaValidator(openApiHelper.openApi3);
+        try (InputStream in = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(openapiPath);
+             BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
+            spec = reader.lines().collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
+            openApiHelper = new OpenApiHelper(spec);
+            schemaValidator = new SchemaValidator(openApiHelper.openApi3);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.error("initial failed:" + e);
+        }
     }
 
     /**