diff --git a/auth/auth.py b/auth/auth.py
index 45950c4..7c39754 100644
--- a/auth/auth.py
+++ b/auth/auth.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Authentication:
 
     def check_user(self, profileId, token, user):
         with self.connect() as con:
-            with con.cursor() as c:
+            with contextlib.closing(con.cursor()) as c:
                 res = c.execute("SELECT user FROM users WHERE profileId=?",
                     (profileId,)).fetchone()
                 if res is not None: