diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index d52f1ee35..81ab4cc71 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-11-23  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
+	* test/GrampsDb/GrampsDbTestBase.py (tearDown): Close database at
+	the end of test.
+
 2006-11-23  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/docgen/Makefile.am: don't install AbiWord, OpenOffice 1.X,
 	and KWord formats, since they have been superceded by OpenDocument.
diff --git a/gramps2/test/GrampsDb/GrampsDbTestBase.py b/gramps2/test/GrampsDb/GrampsDbTestBase.py
index b9d0754bd..d614ed875 100644
--- a/gramps2/test/GrampsDb/GrampsDbTestBase.py
+++ b/gramps2/test/GrampsDb/GrampsDbTestBase.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class GrampsDbBaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
     def tearDown(self):
+        self._db.close()
         shutil.rmtree(self._tmpdir)
 
     def _populate_database(self,