diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/BookInput.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/BookInput.java
index f4477aa3c..4a138ae16 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/BookInput.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/BookInput.java
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ public class BookInput implements IText
 				}
 				finally
 				{
+					reader.close();
 					bufferedReader.close();
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/TextInput.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/TextInput.java
index 1ea2f6a01..71146e5eb 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/TextInput.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/TextInput.java
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public class TextInput implements IText
 				}
 				finally
 				{
+					reader.close();
 					bufferedReader.close();
 				}
 			}