diff --git a/core/amber/build.sbt b/core/amber/build.sbt
index 2ad77bffba..255483a41b 100644
--- a/core/amber/build.sbt
+++ b/core/amber/build.sbt
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ libraryDependencies += "org.jooq" % "jooq" % "3.14.16"
 // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jgrapht/jgrapht-core
 libraryDependencies += "org.jgrapht" % "jgrapht-core" % "1.4.0"
 
-libraryDependencies += "io.altoo" %% "akka-kryo-serialization" % "2.5.0"
+// https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.altoo/akka-kryo-serialization
+libraryDependencies += "io.altoo" %% "akka-kryo-serialization" % "2.5.2"
 
 // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.twitter/util-core
 libraryDependencies += "com.twitter" %% "util-core" % "22.12.0"
diff --git a/core/amber/src/main/resources/cluster.conf b/core/amber/src/main/resources/cluster.conf
index 1fbe3f681e..23719d3755 100644
--- a/core/amber/src/main/resources/cluster.conf
+++ b/core/amber/src/main/resources/cluster.conf
@@ -58,3 +58,5 @@ akka {
         }
     }
 }
+
+akka-kryo-serialization.kryo-initializer = "edu.uci.ics.amber.engine.common.AmberKryoInitializer"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/amber/src/main/scala/edu/uci/ics/amber/engine/common/AmberKryoInitializer.scala b/core/amber/src/main/scala/edu/uci/ics/amber/engine/common/AmberKryoInitializer.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f269cdbe92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/amber/src/main/scala/edu/uci/ics/amber/engine/common/AmberKryoInitializer.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.amber.engine.common
+
+import akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers.ClosureSerializer
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers.ClosureSerializer.Closure
+import io.altoo.akka.serialization.kryo.DefaultKryoInitializer
+import io.altoo.akka.serialization.kryo.serializer.scala.ScalaKryo
+
+import java.lang.invoke.SerializedLambda
+
+class AmberKryoInitializer extends DefaultKryoInitializer {
+  override def preInit(kryo: ScalaKryo, system: ExtendedActorSystem): Unit = {
+    kryo.register(classOf[SerializedLambda])
+    kryo.register(classOf[Closure], new ClosureSerializer())
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/amber/src/test/scala/edu/uci/ics/amber/engine/faulttolerance/LoggingSpec.scala b/core/amber/src/test/scala/edu/uci/ics/amber/engine/faulttolerance/LoggingSpec.scala
index 6178209766..211e58736f 100644
--- a/core/amber/src/test/scala/edu/uci/ics/amber/engine/faulttolerance/LoggingSpec.scala
+++ b/core/amber/src/test/scala/edu/uci/ics/amber/engine/faulttolerance/LoggingSpec.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ import akka.actor.ActorSystem
 import akka.serialization.SerializationExtension
 import akka.testkit.{ImplicitSender, TestKit}
 import edu.uci.ics.amber.core.tuple.{AttributeType, Schema, TupleLike}
+import edu.uci.ics.amber.core.virtualidentity.{
+  ActorVirtualIdentity,
+  ChannelIdentity,
+  OperatorIdentity,
+  PhysicalOpIdentity
+}
+import edu.uci.ics.amber.core.workflow.{PhysicalLink, PortIdentity}
 import edu.uci.ics.amber.engine.architecture.logreplay.{ReplayLogManager, ReplayLogRecord}
 import edu.uci.ics.amber.engine.architecture.rpc.controlcommands.{
   AddPartitioningRequest,
@@ -18,6 +25,7 @@ import edu.uci.ics.amber.engine.architecture.rpc.workerservice.WorkerServiceGrpc
   METHOD_START_WORKER
 }
 import edu.uci.ics.amber.engine.architecture.sendsemantics.partitionings.OneToOnePartitioning
+import edu.uci.ics.amber.engine.common.AmberRuntime
 import edu.uci.ics.amber.engine.common.ambermessage.{
   DataFrame,
   WorkflowFIFOMessage,
@@ -26,16 +34,11 @@ import edu.uci.ics.amber.engine.common.ambermessage.{
 import edu.uci.ics.amber.engine.common.rpc.AsyncRPCClient.ControlInvocation
 import edu.uci.ics.amber.engine.common.storage.SequentialRecordStorage
 import edu.uci.ics.amber.engine.common.virtualidentity.util.{CONTROLLER, SELF}
-import edu.uci.ics.amber.core.virtualidentity.{
-  ActorVirtualIdentity,
-  ChannelIdentity,
-  OperatorIdentity,
-  PhysicalOpIdentity
-}
-import edu.uci.ics.amber.core.workflow.{PhysicalLink, PortIdentity}
-import edu.uci.ics.amber.engine.common.AmberRuntime
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
+import org.scalatest.concurrent.TimeLimitedTests
 import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpecLike
+import org.scalatest.time.Span
+import org.scalatest.time.SpanSugar.convertIntToGrainOfTime
 
 import java.net.URI
 
@@ -43,7 +46,8 @@ class LoggingSpec
     extends TestKit(ActorSystem("LoggingSpec", AmberRuntime.akkaConfig))
     with ImplicitSender
     with AnyFlatSpecLike
-    with BeforeAndAfterAll {
+    with BeforeAndAfterAll
+    with TimeLimitedTests {
 
   override def beforeAll(): Unit = {
     AmberRuntime.serde = SerializationExtension(system)
@@ -110,6 +114,7 @@ class LoggingSpec
   )
 
   "determinant logger" should "log processing steps in local storage" in {
+    Thread.sleep(1000) // wait for serializer to be registered
     val logStorage = SequentialRecordStorage.getStorage[ReplayLogRecord](
       Some(new URI("ram:///recovery-logs/tmp"))
     )
@@ -129,4 +134,5 @@ class LoggingSpec
     assert(logRecords.length == 15)
   }
 
+  override def timeLimit: Span = 30.seconds
 }