diff --git a/src/DefaultExceptionHandler.php b/src/DefaultExceptionHandler.php
index fdfe7132..4255313b 100644
--- a/src/DefaultExceptionHandler.php
+++ b/src/DefaultExceptionHandler.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public function __construct(
     ) {
     }
 
-    public function handleException(\Throwable $exception, Request $request): Response
+    public function handleException(Request $request, \Throwable $exception): Response
     {
         $client = $request->getClient();
         $method = $request->getMethod();
diff --git a/src/Driver/Internal/AbstractHttpDriver.php b/src/Driver/Internal/AbstractHttpDriver.php
index a99390f4..15749ad0 100644
--- a/src/Driver/Internal/AbstractHttpDriver.php
+++ b/src/Driver/Internal/AbstractHttpDriver.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ final protected static function getTimeoutQueue(): TimeoutQueue
         return self::$timeoutQueue ??= new TimeoutQueue();
     }
 
-    private ?ExceptionHandler $exceptionHandler = null;
+    private readonly DefaultExceptionHandler $exceptionHandler;
 
     private int $pendingRequestHandlerCount = 0;
     private int $pendingResponseCount = 0;
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ protected function __construct(
         protected readonly PsrLogger $logger,
     ) {
         $this->errorHandler = new HttpDriverErrorHandler($errorHandler, $this->logger);
+        $this->exceptionHandler = new DefaultExceptionHandler($this->errorHandler, $this->logger);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -55,9 +56,14 @@ final protected function handleRequest(Request $request): void
         } catch (ClientException $exception) {
             throw $exception;
         } catch (HttpErrorException $exception) {
-            $response = $this->handleError($exception->getStatus(), $exception->getReason(), $request);
+            $response = $this->errorHandler->handleError($exception->getStatus(), $exception->getReason(), $request);
         } catch (\Throwable $exception) {
-            $response = $this->handleInternalServerError($request, $exception);
+            /**
+             * This catch is not designed to be a general-purpose exception handler, rather a last-resort to write to
+             * the logger if the application has failed to handle an exception thrown from a {@see RequestHandler}.
+             * Instead of relying on this handler, use {@see ExceptionHandler} and {@see ExceptionHandlerMiddleware}.
+             */
+            $response = $this->exceptionHandler->handleException($request, $exception);
         } finally {
             $this->pendingRequestHandlerCount--;
         }
@@ -83,23 +89,4 @@ final protected function handleRequest(Request $request): void
      * Write the given response to the client.
      */
     abstract protected function write(Request $request, Response $response): void;
-
-    /**
-     * Used if an exception is thrown from a request handler.
-     *
-     * This is not designed to be a general-purpose exception handler, rather a last-resort to write to the logger
-     * if the application has failed to handle an exception thrown from a {@see RequestHandler}. Instead of relying on
-     * this handler, use {@see ExceptionHandlerMiddleware} and {@see ExceptionHandler}.
-     */
-    private function handleInternalServerError(Request $request, \Throwable $exception): Response
-    {
-        $this->exceptionHandler ??= new DefaultExceptionHandler($this->errorHandler, $this->logger);
-
-        return $this->exceptionHandler->handleException($exception, $request);
-    }
-
-    private function handleError(int $status, ?string $reason, Request $request): Response
-    {
-        return $this->errorHandler->handleError($status, $reason, $request);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Driver/Internal/HttpDriverErrorHandler.php b/src/Driver/Internal/HttpDriverErrorHandler.php
index 9df4b937..672c3053 100644
--- a/src/Driver/Internal/HttpDriverErrorHandler.php
+++ b/src/Driver/Internal/HttpDriverErrorHandler.php
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 use Amp\Http\Server\ErrorHandler;
 use Amp\Http\Server\Request;
 use Amp\Http\Server\Response;
-use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface as PsrLogger;
 
 /** @internal */
 final class HttpDriverErrorHandler implements ErrorHandler
 {
-    private static ?ErrorHandler $defaultErrorHandler = null;
+    private static ?DefaultErrorHandler $defaultErrorHandler = null;
 
     private static function getDefaultErrorHandler(): ErrorHandler
     {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ private static function getDefaultErrorHandler(): ErrorHandler
 
     public function __construct(
         private readonly ErrorHandler $errorHandler,
-        private readonly LoggerInterface $logger,
+        private readonly PsrLogger $logger,
     ) {
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ExceptionHandler.php b/src/ExceptionHandler.php
index ad85e1a1..3c4a1a86 100644
--- a/src/ExceptionHandler.php
+++ b/src/ExceptionHandler.php
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ interface ExceptionHandler
     /**
      * Handles an uncaught exception from the {@see RequestHandler} wrapped with {@see ExceptionHandlerMiddleware}.
      */
-    public function handleException(\Throwable $exception, Request $request): Response;
+    public function handleException(Request $request, \Throwable $exception): Response;
 }
diff --git a/src/Middleware/ExceptionHandlerMiddleware.php b/src/Middleware/ExceptionHandlerMiddleware.php
index 36719260..b173441d 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/ExceptionHandlerMiddleware.php
+++ b/src/Middleware/ExceptionHandlerMiddleware.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public function handleRequest(Request $request, RequestHandler $requestHandler):
             // handler.
             throw $exception;
         } catch (\Throwable $exception) {
-            return $this->exceptionHandler->handleException($exception, $request);
+            return $this->exceptionHandler->handleException($request, $exception);
         }
     }
 }