diff --git a/src/org/testKitGen/MkGen.java b/src/org/testKitGen/MkGen.java
index da6de633..54ae29a5 100644
--- a/src/org/testKitGen/MkGen.java
+++ b/src/org/testKitGen/MkGen.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public MkGen(Arguments arg, TestTarget tt, PlaylistInfo pli, String makeFile, Li
 		this.pli = pli;
 	}
 
-	public void start() throws IOException {
+	public void start() {
 		writeVars();
 		if (pli.containsTest()) {
 			writeTargets();
@@ -50,13 +50,8 @@ public void start() throws IOException {
 		System.out.println("Generated " + makeFile + "\n");
 	}
 
-	private void writeVars() throws IOException {
-		if (arg.getSpec().toLowerCase().contains("zos") && (arg.getJdkVersion().equals("21"))) {
-			writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(makeFile), Charset.forName("IBM-1047"));
-		} else {
-			writer = new FileWriter(makeFile);
-		}
-		try (Writer f = writer) {
+	private void writeVars() {
+		try (Writer f = getWriterObject(makeFile)) {
 			String realtiveRoot = "";
 			int subdirlevel = dirList.size();
 			if (subdirlevel == 0) {
@@ -236,13 +231,8 @@ private void writeSingleTest(List<String> testsInPlaylist, TestInfo testInfo, Wr
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void writeTargets() throws IOException {
-		if (arg.getSpec().toLowerCase().contains("zos") && arg.getJdkVersion().equals("21")) {
-			writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(makeFile, true), Charset.forName("IBM-1047"));
-		} else {
-			writer = new FileWriter(makeFile, true);
-		}
-		try (Writer f = writer) {
+	private void writeTargets() {
+		try (Writer f = getWriterObject(makeFile)) {
 			if (!pli.getIncludeList().isEmpty()) {
 				for (String include : pli.getIncludeList()) {
 					f.write("-include " + include + "\n\n");
@@ -266,4 +256,18 @@ private void writeTargets() throws IOException {
 			System.exit(1);
 		}	
 	}
+
+	private Writer getWriterObject(String filetype) {
+		try {
+			if (arg.getSpec().toLowerCase().contains("zos") && (arg.getJdkVersion().equals("21"))) {
+				writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(filetype, true), Charset.forName("IBM-1047"));
+			} else {
+				writer = new FileWriter(filetype, true);
+			}
+		} catch(IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			System.exit(1);
+		}
+		return writer;
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/org/testKitGen/TestGenVisitor.java b/src/org/testKitGen/TestGenVisitor.java
index 05c891e5..099f4eee 100644
--- a/src/org/testKitGen/TestGenVisitor.java
+++ b/src/org/testKitGen/TestGenVisitor.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package org.testKitGen;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class TestGenVisitor implements DirectoryVisitor {