diff --git a/Mage.Verify/src/main/java/mage/verify/MtgJson.java b/Mage.Verify/src/main/java/mage/verify/MtgJson.java
index b187667140..e0b2d133ee 100644
--- a/Mage.Verify/src/main/java/mage/verify/MtgJson.java
+++ b/Mage.Verify/src/main/java/mage/verify/MtgJson.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package mage.verify;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import mage.util.StreamUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -94,9 +95,15 @@ public final class MtgJson {
             }
             stream = new FileInputStream(file);
         }
-        ZipInputStream zipInputStream = new ZipInputStream(stream);
-        zipInputStream.getNextEntry();
-        return new ObjectMapper().readValue(zipInputStream, ref);
+        ZipInputStream zipInputStream = null;
+        try {
+            zipInputStream = new ZipInputStream(stream);
+            zipInputStream.getNextEntry();
+            return new ObjectMapper().readValue(zipInputStream, ref);
+        } finally {
+            StreamUtils.closeQuietly(zipInputStream);
+        }
+
     }
 
     public static Map<String, JsonSet> sets() {