diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d36fe1e..132c6d9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # CHANGES
 
+## 2.0.6
+* Added explicit file handler close to avoid empty files in the results archive
+
 ## 2.0.5
 * Updated version tag in setup.py
 ## 2.0.4
diff --git a/pyCRISPRcleanR/staticMethods.py b/pyCRISPRcleanR/staticMethods.py
index 9e25217..41a02b9 100644
--- a/pyCRISPRcleanR/staticMethods.py
+++ b/pyCRISPRcleanR/staticMethods.py
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ def write_results(result_cfg, outdir):
                         f.write(cfg['table_row_folders'].format(**rows))
 
                 f.write(cfg['footer'])
+            # added explicit close to include file in the results archive
+            f.close()
             # crete final results tar file...
             StaticMthods._create_tar(outdir + '/' + RESULTS_FILE + file_ext, outdir)
         except IOError as ioe:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 929034c..f469d90 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 config = {
-    'version': '2.0.5',
+    'version': '2.0.6',
     'name': 'pyCRISPRcleanR',
     'description': 'This is python implementation of CRISPRcleanR package for unsupervised identification and correction of gene independent cell responses to CRISPR-cas9 targeting',
     'author': 'Shriram Bhosle',