diff --git a/hcore/componentThread.cpp b/hcore/componentThread.cpp
index e5fb5b3..5e56ee9 100644
--- a/hcore/componentThread.cpp
+++ b/hcore/componentThread.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ void ComponentThread::signalThread(std::thread::id id)
 
 void ComponentThread::main(ComponentThread& self)
 {
-	std::cout << __func__ << ": Entered." << std::endl;
 	// We sleep on spawn until the main thread tells us to continue.
 	{
 		std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(self.startupSync.mutex);
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 0df0852..9807879 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -21,25 +21,25 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 {
 	try {
 		std::cout << __func__ << ": Entering main()" << std::endl;
+		boost::asio::io_service mrntLoop;
+		boost::asio::io_service::work work(mrntLoop);
 
-		 // Validate thread IDs
+		// Validate thread IDs
 		hk::ComponentThread::validateThreadIds();
 
-		int ret = hk::initializeHarikoff(argc, argv, envp);
-		if (ret != 0) {
-			return ret;
-		}
+		// Post initializeHarikoff to mrntLoop
+		mrntLoop.post([&]()
+		{
+			int ret = hk::initializeHarikoff(argc, argv, envp);
+			if (ret != 0)
+			{
+				std::cerr << "Initialization failed with code: "
+					<< ret << std::endl;
+				std::exit(ret);
+			}
+		});
 
-		 // Signal all threads
-		for (const auto& [id, componentThread]
-			: hk::ComponentThread::componentThreads) {
-			hk::ComponentThread::signalThread(id);
-		}
-
-		// Infinite loop calling yield
-		while (true) {
-			std::this_thread::yield();
-		}
+		mrntLoop.run();
 	}
 	catch (const std::exception& e)
 	{
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 			<< std::endl;
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
-	catch (...) {
+	catch (...)
+	{
 		std::cerr << __func__ << ": Unknown exception occurred" << std::endl;
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ static int initializeHarikoff(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
 	try {
 		options.parseArguments(argc, argv, envp);
+		std::cout << options.stringifyOptions() << std::endl;
 	}
 	catch (const std::invalid_argument& e)
 	{
@@ -78,18 +80,22 @@ static int initializeHarikoff(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	if (options.printUsage) {
+	if (options.printUsage)
+	{
 		std::cout << options.getUsage() << std::endl;
 		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
-	std::cout << options.stringifyOptions() << std::endl;
 	DeviceManager::getInstance().collateAllDeviceSpecs();
 	DeviceManager::getInstance().parseAllDeviceSpecs();
 	std::cout << DeviceManager::stringifyDeviceSpecs() << std::endl;
 	sense_api::SenseApiManager::getInstance().loadAllSenseApiLibsFromOptions();
 
 	/* Start the threads */
+	for (const auto& [id, componentThread]
+		: hk::ComponentThread::componentThreads) {
+		hk::ComponentThread::signalThread(id);
+	}
 
 	std::cout << __func__ << ": Exiting" << std::endl;
 	return 0;