lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm | 1 +

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index 833d9c4dde67f2d7c88159c22d6084c8748360db..122045eeef905d0cd38b29a81d8f8bb154ce352f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ 	my ($self, $code) = @_;
 	# make sure client sees stdout before exit
 	$self->{1}->autoflush(1) if $self->{1};
 	dump_and_clear_log();
+	stop_pager($self);
 	if ($self->{pkt_op_p}) { # to top lei-daemon
 		$self->{pkt_op_p}->pkt_do('x_it', $code);
 	} elsif ($self->{sock}) { # to lei(1) client