diff --git a/Http/utils.go b/Http/utils.go
index 5fb482d..45c115e 100644
--- a/Http/utils.go
+++ b/Http/utils.go
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ func CreateOS(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	os.Version = params["version"]
 	os.End_of_support = params["end_of_support"]
 	db_conn := db.GetDatabaseConnection()
+	defer db_conn.Close()
 	err = db.CreateOS(os, db_conn)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("Error creating new OS", err)