diff --git a/pylast/__init__.py b/pylast/__init__.py
index e608549..6c9a9a5 100644
--- a/pylast/__init__.py
+++ b/pylast/__init__.py
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ import re
 import six
 
 __version__ = '1.8.0'
-__author__ = 'Amr Hassan, hugovk'
-__copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Amr Hassan, 2013-2017 hugovk"
-__license__ = "apache2"
+__author__ = 'Amr Hassan, hugovk, Mice Pápai'
+__copyright__ = ('Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Amr Hassan, 2013-2017 hugovk, '
+                 '2017 Mice Pápai')
+__license__ = 'apache2'
 __email__ = 'amr.hassan@gmail.com'
 
 
@@ -1222,6 +1223,7 @@ class _Request(object):
         response_text = XML_ILLEGAL.sub("?", response_text)
 
         self._check_response_for_errors(response_text)
+        conn.close()
         return response_text
 
     def execute(self, cacheable=False):