diff --git a/Implementierung/src/md2_impls/md2_2.c b/Implementierung/src/md2_impls/md2_2.c
index f8d54d8..f1ab4b6 100644
--- a/Implementierung/src/md2_impls/md2_2.c
+++ b/Implementierung/src/md2_impls/md2_2.c
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ void md2_hash_2(size_t len, const uint8_t buf[len], uint8_t out[16]) {
     bytes_left_to_read -= bytes_left_to_process;
   };
 
+  fclose(file);
+
   apply_padding(bytes_left_to_process % 16, data);
   process_block_checksum(data, checksum, &l);
   process_block_hash(data, messageDigestBuf);