diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/bytes/util/PropertyReplacer.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/bytes/util/PropertyReplacer.java
index 3efc7f19d1b..1c2b3958815 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/bytes/util/PropertyReplacer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/bytes/util/PropertyReplacer.java
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ public static String replaceTokensWithProperties(String expression, Properties p
      */
     @NotNull
     private static String convertStreamToString(@NotNull java.io.InputStream is) {
-        java.util.Scanner s = new java.util.Scanner(is).useDelimiter("\\A");
-        return s.hasNext() ? s.next() : "";
+        try (java.util.Scanner s = new java.util.Scanner(is).useDelimiter("\\A")) {
+	        return s.hasNext() ? s.next() : "";
+        }
     }
 }