diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1916b0721..dd2ec1631 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Deluge 1.1.0_RC2 (In Development)
 
  Plugins:
   * Remove Stats plugin since it wasn't intended to be in this release
+  * Fix never-ending import in Blocklist on Windows
 
 Deluge 1.1.0_RC1 (23 December 2008)
  Core:
diff --git a/deluge/plugins/blocklist/blocklist/core.py b/deluge/plugins/blocklist/blocklist/core.py
index 621960f1f..3dda46e86 100644
--- a/deluge/plugins/blocklist/blocklist/core.py
+++ b/deluge/plugins/blocklist/blocklist/core.py
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ class Core(CorePluginBase):
                 self.core.export_block_ip_range(ips)
                 self.num_blocked += 1
                 ips = read_list.next()
+            read_list.close()
         except Exception, e:
             log.debug("Exception during import: %s", e)
         else: