diff --git a/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java
index 470dfd698..81028239f 100644
--- a/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java
+++ b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/Downloader.java
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ public abstract class Downloader {
 
         }
         outputStream.flush();
+        outputStream.close();
     }
 
     protected void sendProgress(int bytesRead, int totalBytes) {
diff --git a/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/HttpDownloader.java b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/HttpDownloader.java
index 6aa5f857d..3258f4ac0 100644
--- a/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/HttpDownloader.java
+++ b/F-Droid/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/HttpDownloader.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public class HttpDownloader extends Downloader {
     protected static final String HEADER_FIELD_ETAG = "ETag";
 
     protected HttpURLConnection connection;
+    private InputStream stream;
     private int statusCode = -1;
     private boolean onlyStream = false;
 
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ public class HttpDownloader extends Downloader {
 
     public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
         setupConnection();
-        return new BufferedInputStream(connection.getInputStream());
+        stream = new BufferedInputStream(connection.getInputStream());
+        return stream;
     }
 
     public BufferedReader getBufferedReader () throws IOException
@@ -169,6 +171,12 @@ public class HttpDownloader extends Downloader {
 
     public void close ()
     {
+        try {
+            if (stream != null)
+                stream.close();
+        }
+        catch (IOException e) {}
+        
         connection.disconnect();
     }
 }