diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d65026a0..426b348d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -195,4 +195,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </reporting>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/javaswift/joss/command/impl/core/AbstractCommand.java b/src/main/java/org/javaswift/joss/command/impl/core/AbstractCommand.java
index 439f321f..343c5752 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/javaswift/joss/command/impl/core/AbstractCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/javaswift/joss/command/impl/core/AbstractCommand.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public N call() {
         } catch (IOException err) {
             throw new CommandException("Unable to execute the HTTP call or to convert the HTTP Response", err);
         } finally {
-            if (closeStreamAutomatically()) {
+            if (closeStreamAutomatically() || response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()>=400) {
                 try { close(); } catch (IOException err) { /* ignore */ }
             }
         }