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-rw-r--r--lib/pure/json.nim2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pure/json.nim b/lib/pure/json.nim
index 540a1a8eb..d98ed1042 100644
--- a/lib/pure/json.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/json.nim
@@ -1074,9 +1074,9 @@ when not defined(js):
     ## for nice error messages.
     var p: JsonParser
     p.open(s, filename)
+    defer: p.close()
     discard getTok(p) # read first token
     result = p.parseJson()
-    p.close()
 
   proc parseJson*(buffer: string): JsonNode =
     ## Parses JSON from `buffer`.