diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/lifecycle/LifeCycleComponentManager.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/lifecycle/LifeCycleComponentManager.java
index a9b7a97..54bac09 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/lifecycle/LifeCycleComponentManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/lifecycle/LifeCycleComponentManager.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.api.lifecycle;
 
-import static org.apache.hyracks.util.ExitUtil.EC_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION;
+import static org.apache.hyracks.util.ExitUtil.EC_HALT_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
     @Override
     public void uncaughtException(Thread t, Throwable e) {
         try {
-            LOGGER.log(Level.ERROR, "Uncaught Exception from thread " + t.getName() + ". Calling shutdown hook", e);
+            LOGGER.fatal("Uncaught Exception from thread {}; halting", t.getName(), e);
         } finally {
-            ExitUtil.exit(EC_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION);
+            ExitUtil.halt(EC_HALT_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/ExitUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/ExitUtil.java
index 0f03562..c1471c2 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/ExitUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/ExitUtil.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     public static final int EC_FAILED_TO_ABORT_METADATA_TXN = 7;
     public static final int EC_INCONSISTENT_METADATA = 8;
     public static final int EC_UNCAUGHT_THROWABLE = 9;
-    public static final int EC_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION = 11;
+    public static final int EC_HALT_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION = 11;
     public static final int EC_FAILED_TO_DELETE_CORRUPTED_RESOURCES = 12;
     public static final int EC_ERROR_CREATING_RESOURCES = 13;
     public static final int EC_TXN_LOG_FLUSHER_FAILURE = 14;