storage/sqlite-piece-completion.go | 1 -
 torrent.go                         | 2 +-

diff --git a/storage/sqlite-piece-completion.go b/storage/sqlite-piece-completion.go
index 857b97a2b9243db2acb993fecb0ba6d8c9a74cfc..196f1e5007e6c3697250540515916c754296ee3f 100644
--- a/storage/sqlite-piece-completion.go
+++ b/storage/sqlite-piece-completion.go
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ 	me.mu.Lock()
 	defer me.mu.Unlock()
 	if me.db != nil {
 		err = me.db.Close()
-		me.db = nil
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/torrent.go b/torrent.go
index ab11a2e382a309293b377d7ca0c81a60485e1a26..5c77aa395045425a9fbb9cd31c3d18c17b93e99a 100644
--- a/torrent.go
+++ b/torrent.go
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ func (t *Torrent) close() (err error) {
 	t.closed.Set()
 	t.tickleReaders()
 	if t.storage != nil {
-		func() {
+		go func() {
 			t.storageLock.Lock()
 			defer t.storageLock.Unlock()
 			if f := t.storage.Close; f != nil {