diff --git a/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/setup/AccountSetupAutoConfiguration.java b/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/setup/AccountSetupAutoConfiguration.java
index 3a74d3aa5..6ef784a80 100644
--- a/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/setup/AccountSetupAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/com/fsck/k9/activity/setup/AccountSetupAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -175,12 +175,10 @@ public class AccountSetupAutoConfiguration extends K9Activity implements View.On
 
         // get the data
         String tmp, line;
-        BufferedReader reader;
+        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
         tmp = "";
 
         try{
-            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
-
             while( (line = reader.readLine()) != null)
                 tmp += line;
 
@@ -192,8 +190,10 @@ public class AccountSetupAutoConfiguration extends K9Activity implements View.On
         catch (ConnectException ex){
 		// ignore this, it just means the url doesn't exist which happens often, we test for it!
         }
-        finally
-            { conn.disconnect(); }
+        finally{
+		reader.close();
+		conn.disconnect();
+        }
 
         return tmp;
     }