diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index ae3469f13113b373b33bed32329f6be5f78fedb1..fef86b48ad90c6a373924b9fc1f72e9f99d9b308 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ void feh_clean_exit(void)
 	free(opt.menu_bg);
 	free(opt.menu_font);
 
+    if(disp)
+        XCloseDisplay(disp);
+
 	if (opt.filelistfile)
 		feh_write_filelist(filelist, opt.filelistfile);