diff --git a/tools/daemon/smud_connections.cpp b/tools/daemon/smud_connections.cpp
index 52f38904..dd6f0556 100644
--- a/tools/daemon/smud_connections.cpp
+++ b/tools/daemon/smud_connections.cpp
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ MD5Status ConnectionPool::GetMD5UpdateStatus( const char *md5 , smud_connection
 		filename[strlen(filename)-1] = '\0';
 	}
 
-
+	fclose(file);
 
 	printf("Filename is %s\n", filename);