diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/Application.kt b/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/Application.kt
index 4c7e8c9..9afd854 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/Application.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/mdnet/base/Application.kt
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ fun getServer(cache: DiskLruCache, serverSettings: ServerSettings, clientSetting
                     if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled) {
                         LOGGER.trace("Upstream query for $sanitizedUri errored with status {}", mdResponse.status)
                     }
+                    mdResponse.close()
                     Response(mdResponse.status)
                 } else {
                     if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled) {