diff --git a/jobs/src/main/scala/dcos/metronome/JobsModule.scala b/jobs/src/main/scala/dcos/metronome/JobsModule.scala
index 13b9f9d1..9e26a5d9 100644
--- a/jobs/src/main/scala/dcos/metronome/JobsModule.scala
+++ b/jobs/src/main/scala/dcos/metronome/JobsModule.scala
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ class JobsModule(
   private[this] lazy val pluginModule = new PluginModule(config.scallopConf, crashStrategy)
   def pluginManger: PluginManager = pluginModule.pluginManager
 
-  lazy val repositoryModule = new RepositoryModule(config)
+  val repositoryModule = new RepositoryModule(config)
 
-  lazy val actorsModule = new ActorsModule(actorSystem)
+  val actorsModule = new ActorsModule(actorSystem)
 
-  lazy val schedulerRepositoriesModule = new SchedulerRepositoriesModule(metricsModule.metrics, config, repositoryModule, lifecycleState, actorsModule, actorSystem)
+  val schedulerRepositoriesModule = new SchedulerRepositoriesModule(metricsModule.metrics, config, repositoryModule, lifecycleState, actorsModule, actorSystem)
 
   val schedulerModule: SchedulerModule = new SchedulerModule(
     metricsModule.metrics,
diff --git a/src/main/scala/dcos/metronome/JobApplicationLoader.scala b/src/main/scala/dcos/metronome/JobApplicationLoader.scala
index 5822492e..c8a61606 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/dcos/metronome/JobApplicationLoader.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/dcos/metronome/JobApplicationLoader.scala
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ import controllers.AssetsComponents
 import com.softwaremill.macwire._
 import com.typesafe.scalalogging.StrictLogging
 import dcos.metronome.api.v1.LeaderProxyFilter
-import dcos.metronome.api.{ApiModule, ErrorHandler}
+import dcos.metronome.api.{ ApiModule, ErrorHandler }
 import mesosphere.marathon.MetricsModule
 import mesosphere.marathon.core.async.ExecutionContexts
 import mesosphere.marathon.core.base.JvmExitsCrashStrategy
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
-import play.shaded.ahc.org.asynchttpclient.{AsyncHttpClientConfig, DefaultAsyncHttpClient}
+import play.shaded.ahc.org.asynchttpclient.{ AsyncHttpClientConfig, DefaultAsyncHttpClient }
 import play.api.ApplicationLoader.Context
 import play.api._
 import play.api.i18n._
-import play.api.libs.ws.ahc.{AhcConfigBuilder, AhcWSClient, AhcWSClientConfig, StandaloneAhcWSClient}
-import play.api.libs.ws.{WSClient, WSConfigParser}
+import play.api.libs.ws.ahc.{ AhcConfigBuilder, AhcWSClient, AhcWSClientConfig, StandaloneAhcWSClient }
+import play.api.libs.ws.{ WSClient, WSConfigParser }
 import play.api.mvc.EssentialFilter
 import play.api.routing.Router
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import scala.util.Failure
 class JobApplicationLoader extends ApplicationLoader with StrictLogging {
   private[this] val log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass)
 
-  def load(context: Context): Application = {
+  def load(context: Context): Application = try {
     val jobComponents = new JobComponents(context)
 
     jobComponents.metricsModule.start(jobComponents.actorSystem)
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ class JobApplicationLoader extends ApplicationLoader with StrictLogging {
     })(ExecutionContexts.callerThread)
 
     jobComponents.application
+  } catch {
+    case ex: Throwable =>
+      // something awful
+      logger.error(s"Exception occurred while trying to initialize Metronome. Shutting down", ex)
+      JvmExitsCrashStrategy.crash()
+      throw ex
   }
 }
 
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@ class JobComponents(context: Context) extends BuiltInComponentsFromContext(conte
   LoggerConfigurator(context.environment.classLoader).foreach {
     _.configure(context.environment)
   }
-  lazy val clock: Clock = Clock.systemUTC()
+  val clock: Clock = Clock.systemUTC()
 
   override lazy val httpErrorHandler = new ErrorHandler
 
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ class JobComponents(context: Context) extends BuiltInComponentsFromContext(conte
     jobsModule.actorsModule,
     metricsModule)
 
-  lazy val wsClient: WSClient = {
+  val wsClient: WSClient = {
     val parser = new WSConfigParser(configuration.underlying, environment.classLoader)
     val config = AhcWSClientConfig(wsClientConfig = parser.parse())
     val builder = new AhcConfigBuilder(config)
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@ class JobComponents(context: Context) extends BuiltInComponentsFromContext(conte
     new AhcWSClient(new StandaloneAhcWSClient(asyncHttpClient)(jobsModule.actorsModule.materializer))
   }
 
-  override lazy val httpFilters: Seq[EssentialFilter] = Seq(
+  override val httpFilters: Seq[EssentialFilter] = Seq(
     new LeaderProxyFilter(wsClient, jobsModule.schedulerModule.electionService, config))
 
   override def router: Router = apiModule.router