diff --git a/apache-thrift/src/main/java/com/baeldung/thrift/Application.java b/apache-thrift/src/main/java/com/baeldung/thrift/Application.java
index 09d5cc74f3..3321a0927a 100644
--- a/apache-thrift/src/main/java/com/baeldung/thrift/Application.java
+++ b/apache-thrift/src/main/java/com/baeldung/thrift/Application.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package com.baeldung.thrift;
 
+import org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException;
+
 public class Application {
 
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws TTransportException {
         CrossPlatformServiceServer server = new CrossPlatformServiceServer();
         server.start();
     }
diff --git a/apache-thrift/src/main/java/com/baeldung/thrift/CrossPlatformServiceServer.java b/apache-thrift/src/main/java/com/baeldung/thrift/CrossPlatformServiceServer.java
index 9a21512b52..32c7891ef2 100644
--- a/apache-thrift/src/main/java/com/baeldung/thrift/CrossPlatformServiceServer.java
+++ b/apache-thrift/src/main/java/com/baeldung/thrift/CrossPlatformServiceServer.java
@@ -6,25 +6,22 @@ import org.apache.thrift.server.TServer;
 import org.apache.thrift.server.TSimpleServer;
 import org.apache.thrift.transport.TServerSocket;
 import org.apache.thrift.transport.TServerTransport;
+import org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException;
 
 public class CrossPlatformServiceServer {
 
     private TServer server;
 
-    public void start() {
-        try {
-            TServerTransport serverTransport = new TServerSocket(9090);
-            server = new TSimpleServer(new TServer.Args(serverTransport)
-                .processor(new CrossPlatformService.Processor<>(new CrossPlatformServiceImpl())));
+    public void start() throws TTransportException {
+        TServerTransport serverTransport = new TServerSocket(9090);
+        server = new TSimpleServer(new TServer.Args(serverTransport)
+            .processor(new CrossPlatformService.Processor<>(new CrossPlatformServiceImpl())));
 
-            System.out.print("Starting the server... ");
+        System.out.print("Starting the server... ");
 
-            server.serve();
+        server.serve();
 
-            System.out.println("done.");
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
+        System.out.println("done.");
     }
 
     public void stop() {
diff --git a/apache-thrift/src/test/java/com/baeldung/thrift/CrossPlatformServiceTest.java b/apache-thrift/src/test/java/com/baeldung/thrift/CrossPlatformServiceTest.java
index 8a7022a281..4ba9ef2914 100644
--- a/apache-thrift/src/test/java/com/baeldung/thrift/CrossPlatformServiceTest.java
+++ b/apache-thrift/src/test/java/com/baeldung/thrift/CrossPlatformServiceTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.baeldung.thrift;
 
+import org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -11,7 +12,13 @@ public class CrossPlatformServiceTest {
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
-        new Thread(() -> server.start()).start();
+        new Thread(() -> {
+            try {
+                server.start();
+            } catch (TTransportException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }).start();
         try {
             // wait for the server start up
             Thread.sleep(1000);