diff --git a/routes/storage.js b/routes/storage.js
index 897aff0a71ecdf867ba15f0d340d4c268b485a94..99219416a2eda1e360eb175be4ac370474ea497c 100644
--- a/routes/storage.js
+++ b/routes/storage.js
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ router.get('/:resource_id', function(req, res, next) {
             debug(err);
             next(err);
 
+            db.close();
+
         }else{
 
             var collection = db.collection('resources');
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ router.get('/:resource_id', function(req, res, next) {
 
                 }
 
+                db.close();
+
             });
 
         }
@@ -72,6 +76,8 @@ router.post('/', function(req, res, next){
             debug(err);
             next(err);
 
+            db.close();
+
         }else{
 
             var collection = db.collection('resources');
@@ -104,6 +110,8 @@ router.post('/', function(req, res, next){
                 debug(error);
                 next(error);
 
+                db.close();
+
             }
 
         }