1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/examples/messaging/queue_receiver.cpp b/cpp/examples/messaging/queue_receiver.cpp
index 192b90088d..95756a9a3d 100644
--- a/cpp/examples/messaging/queue_receiver.cpp
+++ b/cpp/examples/messaging/queue_receiver.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ using namespace qpid::messaging;
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     const char* url = argc>1 ? argv[1] : "amqp:tcp:127.0.0.1:5672";
 
+    Connection connection;
     try {
-        Connection connection;
         connection.open(url);
         Session session = connection.newSession();
         Receiver receiver = session.createReceiver("message_queue");
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         return 0;
     } catch(const std::exception& error) {
         std::cout << error.what() << std::endl;
+        connection.close();
     }
     return 1;   
 }