diff --git a/include/jsc/JavaScriptContext.h b/include/jsc/JavaScriptContext.h
index e679b71..a97c6d3 100644
--- a/include/jsc/JavaScriptContext.h
+++ b/include/jsc/JavaScriptContext.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class JavaScriptContext: public JavaScriptContextBase, public NetworkMetricsList
 #ifdef ENABLE_AAMP_JSBINDINGS_DYNAMIC
     void loadAAMPJSBindingsLib();
     void unloadAAMPJSBindingsLib();
+    void *jscLibHandle = nullptr;
 #endif
 #endif
     JSContextGroupRef mContextGroup;
diff --git a/src/jsc/JavaScriptContext.cpp b/src/jsc/JavaScriptContext.cpp
index ddca18a..b5ce3e6 100644
--- a/src/jsc/JavaScriptContext.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/JavaScriptContext.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ void JavaScriptContext::loadAAMPJSBindingsLib()
     {
         static const char *aampJSBindingsLib = "libaampjsbindings.so";
 	static const char *jscLib = "libJavaScriptCore.so";
-	void *jscLibHandle = dlopen(jscLib, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
+	jscLibHandle = dlopen(jscLib, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
 	if (!jscLibHandle)
 	{
 	    std::cout<<"dlopen error for jsc library " << dlerror() << std::endl;
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ void JavaScriptContext::loadAAMPJSBindingsLib()
             NativeJSLogger::log(ERROR, "failed to load %s and error is %s\n", aampJSBindingsLib, dlerror());
         }
 
-	dlclose(jscLibHandle);
     }
 }
 
@@ -166,6 +165,8 @@ void JavaScriptContext::unloadAAMPJSBindingsLib()
     if (nullptr != gAAMPJSBindings->PlayerLibHandle)
     {
         dlclose(gAAMPJSBindings->PlayerLibHandle);
+	dlclose(jscLibHandle);
+
     }
 }
 #endif