1 files changed, 26 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/js/40_read_file.js b/runtime/js/40_read_file.js
index 0ca8f56e9..1efd5338d 100644
--- a/runtime/js/40_read_file.js
+++ b/runtime/js/40_read_file.js
@@ -7,32 +7,44 @@
 
   function readFileSync(path) {
     const file = openSync(path);
-    const contents = readAllSync(file);
-    file.close();
-    return contents;
+    try {
+      const contents = readAllSync(file);
+      return contents;
+    } finally {
+      file.close();
+    }
   }
 
   async function readFile(path) {
     const file = await open(path);
-    const contents = await readAll(file);
-    file.close();
-    return contents;
+    try {
+      const contents = await readAll(file);
+      return contents;
+    } finally {
+      file.close();
+    }
   }
 
   function readTextFileSync(path) {
     const file = openSync(path);
-    const contents = readAllSync(file);
-    file.close();
-    const decoder = new TextDecoder();
-    return decoder.decode(contents);
+    try {
+      const contents = readAllSync(file);
+      const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+      return decoder.decode(contents);
+    } finally {
+      file.close();
+    }
   }
 
   async function readTextFile(path) {
     const file = await open(path);
-    const contents = await readAll(file);
-    file.close();
-    const decoder = new TextDecoder();
-    return decoder.decode(contents);
+    try {
+      const contents = await readAll(file);
+      const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+      return decoder.decode(contents);
+    } finally {
+      file.close();
+    }
   }
 
   window.__bootstrap.readFile = {