diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index c95e24dc1..5efba4acc 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -989,6 +989,7 @@ function autoname($len) {
 if(! function_exists('killme')) {
 function killme() {
 	session_write_close();
+	closedb();
 	exit;
 }}
 
diff --git a/include/dba.php b/include/dba.php
index 49b325cf7..32f1ac3ed 100644
--- a/include/dba.php
+++ b/include/dba.php
@@ -212,4 +212,13 @@ function dbesc_array(&$arr) {
 	if(is_array($arr) && count($arr)) {
 		array_walk($arr,'dbesc_array_cb');
 	}
-}}		
\ No newline at end of file
+}}		
+
+
+if(! function_exists('closedb')) {
+function closedb() {
+	global $db;
+	if($db && $db->connected)
+		$db->close();
+}}
+
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 2e24c5b01..a0a0bc779 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -326,4 +326,5 @@ else
 	require_once(str_replace($lang . '/', '', $template));
 
 session_write_close();
+closedb();
 exit;