diff --git a/SimpleHttpServer/HttpServer.cs b/SimpleHttpServer/HttpServer.cs
index 1a78b66..5a16308 100644
--- a/SimpleHttpServer/HttpServer.cs
+++ b/SimpleHttpServer/HttpServer.cs
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ public sealed class HttpServer {
             await HandleDefaultErrorPageAsync(rc, 500);
             mainLogger.Fatal($"Caught otherwise uncaught exception while ProcessingRequest:\n{ex}");
         }
+        finally {
+            rc.ListenerContext.Response.Close();
+        }
 
         LogRequest();
     }