diff --git a/pkg/connectorrunner/runner.go b/pkg/connectorrunner/runner.go
index fb5250e7..2bdae035 100644
--- a/pkg/connectorrunner/runner.go
+++ b/pkg/connectorrunner/runner.go
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ func (c *connectorRunner) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = c.Close(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -185,7 +180,13 @@ func (c *connectorRunner) run(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (c *connectorRunner) Close(ctx context.Context) error {
-	return nil
+	var retErr error
+
+	if err := c.cw.Close(); err != nil {
+		retErr = errors.Join(retErr, err)
+	}
+
+	return retErr
 }
 
 type Option func(ctx context.Context, cfg *runnerConfig) error
@@ -405,7 +406,7 @@ func NewConnectorRunner(ctx context.Context, c types.ConnectorServer, opts ...Op
 		return runner, nil
 	}
 
-	tm, err := c1api.NewC1TaskManager(ctx, cfg.clientID, cfg.clientSecret)
+	tm, err := c1api.NewC1TaskManager(ctx, cfg.clientID, cfg.clientSecret, cfg.tempDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/tasks/c1api/full_sync.go b/pkg/tasks/c1api/full_sync.go
index 6f5d5828..0ac09a25 100644
--- a/pkg/tasks/c1api/full_sync.go
+++ b/pkg/tasks/c1api/full_sync.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package c1api
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ type fullSyncHelpers interface {
 	Upload(ctx context.Context, r io.ReadSeeker) error
 	FinishTask(ctx context.Context, annos annotations.Annotations, err error) error
 	HeartbeatTask(ctx context.Context, annos annotations.Annotations) (context.Context, error)
+	TempDir() string
 }
 
 type fullSyncTaskHandler struct {
@@ -27,6 +29,36 @@ type fullSyncTaskHandler struct {
 	helpers fullSyncHelpers
 }
 
+func (c *fullSyncTaskHandler) sync(ctx context.Context, c1zPath string) error {
+	l := ctxzap.Extract(ctx).With(zap.String("task_id", c.task.GetId()), zap.Stringer("task_type", tasks.GetType(c.task)))
+	syncer, err := sdkSync.NewSyncer(ctx, c.helpers.ConnectorClient(), sdkSync.WithC1ZPath(c1zPath), sdkSync.WithTmpDir(c.helpers.TempDir()))
+	if err != nil {
+		l.Error("failed to create syncer", zap.Error(err))
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// TODO(jirwin): Should we attempt to retry at all before failing the task?
+	err = syncer.Sync(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		l.Error("failed to sync", zap.Error(err))
+
+		// We don't defer syncer.Close() in order to capture the error without named return values.
+		if closeErr := syncer.Close(ctx); closeErr != nil {
+			l.Error("failed to close syncer after sync error", zap.Error(err))
+			err = errors.Join(err, closeErr)
+		}
+
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := syncer.Close(ctx); err != nil {
+		l.Error("failed to close syncer", zap.Error(err))
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // TODO(morgabra) We should handle task resumption here. The task should contain at least an active sync id so we can
 // resume syncing if we get restarted or fail to heartbeat temporarily.
 // TODO(morgabra) Ideally we can tell the difference between a task cancellation and a task failure via the result
@@ -42,7 +74,7 @@ func (c *fullSyncTaskHandler) HandleTask(ctx context.Context) error {
 	l := ctxzap.Extract(ctx).With(zap.String("task_id", c.task.GetId()), zap.Stringer("task_type", tasks.GetType(c.task)))
 	l.Info("Handling full sync task.")
 
-	assetFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "baton-sdk-sync-upload")
+	assetFile, err := os.CreateTemp(c.helpers.TempDir(), "baton-sdk-sync-upload")
 	if err != nil {
 		l.Error("failed to create temp file", zap.Error(err))
 		return c.helpers.FinishTask(ctx, nil, err)
@@ -53,12 +85,6 @@ func (c *fullSyncTaskHandler) HandleTask(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return c.helpers.FinishTask(ctx, nil, err)
 	}
 
-	syncer, err := sdkSync.NewSyncer(ctx, c.helpers.ConnectorClient(), sdkSync.WithC1ZPath(c1zPath))
-	if err != nil {
-		l.Error("failed to create syncer", zap.Error(err))
-		return c.helpers.FinishTask(ctx, nil, err)
-	}
-
 	// TODO(morgabra) Add annotation for for sync_id, or come up with some other way to track sync state.
 	ctx, err = c.helpers.HeartbeatTask(ctx, nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -66,19 +92,12 @@ func (c *fullSyncTaskHandler) HandleTask(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// TODO(jirwin): Should we attempt to retry at all before failing the task?
-	err = syncer.Sync(ctx)
+	err = c.sync(ctx, c1zPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		l.Error("failed to sync", zap.Error(err))
 		return c.helpers.FinishTask(ctx, nil, err)
 	}
 
-	err = syncer.Close(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		l.Error("failed to close syncer", zap.Error(err))
-		return c.helpers.FinishTask(ctx, nil, err)
-	}
-
 	c1zF, err := os.Open(c1zPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		l.Error("failed to open sync asset prior to upload", zap.Error(err))
diff --git a/pkg/tasks/c1api/manager.go b/pkg/tasks/c1api/manager.go
index 4fbbd3bf..e23529a8 100644
--- a/pkg/tasks/c1api/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/tasks/c1api/manager.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type c1ApiTaskManager struct {
 	started       bool
 	queue         []*v1.Task
 	serviceClient BatonServiceClient
+	tempDir       string
 }
 
 // getHeartbeatInterval returns an appropriate heartbeat interval. If the interval is 0, it will return the default heartbeat interval.
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ func (c *c1ApiTaskManager) Process(ctx context.Context, task *v1.Task, cc types.
 		cc:            cc,
 		serviceClient: c.serviceClient,
 		taskFinisher:  c.finishTask,
+		tempDir:       c.tempDir,
 	}
 
 	// Based on the task type, call a handler to process the task.
@@ -230,7 +232,7 @@ func (c *c1ApiTaskManager) Process(ctx context.Context, task *v1.Task, cc types.
 	return nil
 }
 
-func NewC1TaskManager(ctx context.Context, clientID string, clientSecret string) (tasks.Manager, error) {
+func NewC1TaskManager(ctx context.Context, clientID string, clientSecret string, tempDir string) (tasks.Manager, error) {
 	serviceClient, err := newServiceClient(ctx, clientID, clientSecret)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -238,5 +240,6 @@ func NewC1TaskManager(ctx context.Context, clientID string, clientSecret string)
 
 	return &c1ApiTaskManager{
 		serviceClient: serviceClient,
+		tempDir:       tempDir,
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tasks/c1api/task_helpers.go b/pkg/tasks/c1api/task_helpers.go
index 5f02e210..5f8af76c 100644
--- a/pkg/tasks/c1api/task_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/tasks/c1api/task_helpers.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type taskHelpers struct {
 	task          *v1.Task
 	serviceClient BatonServiceClient
 	cc            types.ConnectorClient
+	tempDir       string
 
 	taskFinisher func(ctx context.Context, task *v1.Task, annos annotations.Annotations, err error) error
 }
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ func (t *taskHelpers) HelloClient() batonHelloClient {
 	return t.serviceClient
 }
 
+func (t *taskHelpers) TempDir() string {
+	return t.tempDir
+}
+
 // HeartbeatTask will call the heartbeat service endpoint for the task until the context is cancelled. An initial heartbeat is
 // synchronously run, and if successful a goroutine is spawned that will heartbeat periodically respecting the returned heartbeat interval.
 // If the given context is cancelled, the returned context will be cancelled with the same cause.
diff --git a/pkg/tasks/local/syncer.go b/pkg/tasks/local/syncer.go
index f2c0f22c..b879b83d 100644
--- a/pkg/tasks/local/syncer.go
+++ b/pkg/tasks/local/syncer.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package local
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -43,11 +44,13 @@ func (m *localSyncer) Process(ctx context.Context, task *v1.Task, cc types.Conne
 
 	err = syncer.Sync(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
+		if closeErr := syncer.Close(ctx); closeErr != nil {
+			err = errors.Join(err, closeErr)
+		}
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = syncer.Close(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := syncer.Close(ctx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}