diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/news/newsrc.rb b/trunk/ripnews/news/newsrc.rb
index c6b042f..c557529 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/news/newsrc.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/news/newsrc.rb
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ def save_as(file)
 	for group in @newsrc["list"]
 		newsrc.print format(group)
 	end
+	newsrc.close
 end
 
 def format(group)