diff --git a/scripts/createdataset.py b/scripts/createdataset.py
index 6315b9722e73b49a602efc9b735cd783e0872bc4..dd7cfd9b40a644ba63241153ab4797976b17d451 100644
--- a/scripts/createdataset.py
+++ b/scripts/createdataset.py
@@ -53,4 +53,5 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 		tar.add(path, arcname=os.path.split(path)[-1])
 		os.remove(path)
 	os.rmdir(args.out)
+	tar.close()