diff --git a/lib/rest.js b/lib/rest.js
index 8c881ca..0f4d482 100644
--- a/lib/rest.js
+++ b/lib/rest.js
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ server.put('/:db/:collection/:id', function (req, res) {
       collection.update(spec, util.cleanParams(req.params), true, function (err, docs) {
         res.set('content-type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8');
         res.json({"ok": 1});
+        db.close();
       });
     });
   });