diff --git a/lib/PsychicHttp/src/PsychicStaticFileHander.cpp b/lib/PsychicHttp/src/PsychicStaticFileHander.cpp
index e58f3ad8..ca2ff89b 100644
--- a/lib/PsychicHttp/src/PsychicStaticFileHander.cpp
+++ b/lib/PsychicHttp/src/PsychicStaticFileHander.cpp
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ esp_err_t PsychicStaticFileHandler::handleRequest(PsychicRequest *request)
         response.addHeader("ETag", etag.c_str());
       }
 
+      _file.close();
+      
       return response.send();
     }
   } else {