diff --git a/scenes/download.py b/scenes/download.py
index a347cb66296f3e1e9b1a4ad140ea8ff91336b53e..2b9aaafbdce1999981f7ea7dea3137ec312d12f2 100644
--- a/scenes/download.py
+++ b/scenes/download.py
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ class TheiaDownloader:
                 if not is_file_complete(filename, description["checksum"]):
                     print("Downloading {}".format(acq_date))
                     curl_url(url, postdata=None, out_file=filename, header=header)
-                    file_handle.close()
                 else:
                     print("{} already downloaded. Skipping.".format(acq_date))
                 description["local_file"] = filename