diff --git a/index/upside_down/upside_down.go b/index/upside_down/upside_down.go
index fdca0335..76cddc2b 100644
--- a/index/upside_down/upside_down.go
+++ b/index/upside_down/upside_down.go
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ func (udc *UpsideDownCouch) Document(id string) (*document.Document, error) {
 	storedRow := NewStoredRow(id, 0, []uint64{}, 'x', nil)
 	storedRowScanPrefix := storedRow.ScanPrefixForDoc()
 	it := udc.store.Iterator(storedRowScanPrefix)
+	defer it.Close()
 	key, val, valid := it.Current()
 	for valid {
 		if !bytes.HasPrefix(key, storedRowScanPrefix) {
diff --git a/index_impl.go b/index_impl.go
index 7454153f..8306b09d 100644
--- a/index_impl.go
+++ b/index_impl.go
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ func (i *indexImpl) Search(req *SearchRequest) (*SearchResult, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	defer searcher.Close()
 
 	if req.Facets != nil {
 		facetsBuilder := search.NewFacetsBuilder(i.i)