diff --git a/src/common/kiwix/xapianIndexer.cpp b/src/common/kiwix/xapianIndexer.cpp
index 64609b4a4..85acdb4e6 100644
--- a/src/common/kiwix/xapianIndexer.cpp
+++ b/src/common/kiwix/xapianIndexer.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ namespace kiwix {
   void XapianIndexer::indexingPostlude() {
     this->flush();
     this->writableDatabase.commit_transaction();
-    
+    this->writableDatabase.close();
+
     // commit is not available is old version of xapian and seems not mandatory there
     // this->writableDatabase.commit();
   }