diff --git a/src/sbin/livemedia-creator b/src/sbin/livemedia-creator
index be34061a..e25d4222 100755
--- a/src/sbin/livemedia-creator
+++ b/src/sbin/livemedia-creator
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ class LogRequestHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
                 break
 
     def finish(self):
+        self.request.close()
         self.fp.close()
 
     def iserror(self, line):