diff --git a/pdfx/__init__.py b/pdfx/__init__.py
index 6042e26..af7e52a 100644
--- a/pdfx/__init__.py
+++ b/pdfx/__init__.py
@@ -205,3 +205,13 @@ def download_pdfs(self, target_dir):
 
         # Download urls as a set to avoid duplicates
         download_urls(urls, dir_referenced_pdfs)
+
+    def close(self):
+        if self.stream:
+            self.stream.close()
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        self.close()