diff --git a/lib/imap.php b/lib/imap.php
index c48fba6..a7ff093 100644
--- a/lib/imap.php
+++ b/lib/imap.php
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ public function checkPassword($uid, $password) {
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'CAPABILITY');
 
 		$canconnect = curl_exec($ch);
+		curl_close($ch);
 
 		if($canconnect) {
-			curl_close($ch);
 			$uid = mb_strtolower($uid);
 			$this->storeUser($uid, $groups);
 			return $uid;
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ public function checkPassword($uid, $password) {
 			);
 		}
 
-		curl_close($ch);
-
 		return false;
 	}
 }