diff --git a/sysmig_agent/migrationTools/exportSysConf/sysConfServer.py b/sysmig_agent/migrationTools/exportSysConf/sysConfServer.py
index 9edce606e667de5f804d059e79e5a82d78980c13..4401921fb96c4f2f921487e8f51680d6f18792f8 100644
--- a/sysmig_agent/migrationTools/exportSysConf/sysConfServer.py
+++ b/sysmig_agent/migrationTools/exportSysConf/sysConfServer.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ def create_tar(dir_name: str, folder_name: str, output_filename: str):
     except Exception as e:
         print(e)
         raise IOError("tarball compress error")
+    finally:
+        tar.close()
 
 
 def create_app():