diff --git a/Source/Project64/Multilanguage/Language Class.cpp b/Source/Project64/Multilanguage/Language Class.cpp
index aced43e29..9ac358c98 100644
--- a/Source/Project64/Multilanguage/Language Class.cpp	
+++ b/Source/Project64/Multilanguage/Language Class.cpp	
@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ std::wstring CLanguage::GetLangString ( const char * FileName, LanguageStringID
 		utf_bom[1] != 0xBB ||
 		utf_bom[2] != 0xBF)
 	{
+		fclose(file);
 		return L"";
 	}