diff --git a/src/common/connection.py b/src/common/connection.py
index e96e3dd01..a1829bf45 100644
--- a/src/common/connection.py
+++ b/src/common/connection.py
@@ -1971,6 +1971,7 @@ class Connection:
 			# We have the vcard cached
 			f = open(path_to_file)
 			c = f.read()
+			f.close()
 			card = common.xmpp.Node(node = c)
 			vcard = self.node_to_dict(card)
 			if vcard.has_key('PHOTO'):