diff --git a/gxJRS/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/gxrest/response/entity/SerializableErrorEntityTextReader.java b/gxJRS/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/gxrest/response/entity/SerializableErrorEntityTextReader.java
index af2f228..b6eb763 100644
--- a/gxJRS/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/gxrest/response/entity/SerializableErrorEntityTextReader.java
+++ b/gxJRS/src/main/java/org/gcube/common/gxrest/response/entity/SerializableErrorEntityTextReader.java
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ public class SerializableErrorEntityTextReader implements MessageBodyReader<Seri
      * @return the string read from the stream
      */
     private static String convertStreamToString(InputStream is) {
-        java.util.Scanner s = new java.util.Scanner(is).useDelimiter("\\A");
-        return s.hasNext() ? s.next() : "";
+        try (java.util.Scanner s = new java.util.Scanner(is).useDelimiter("\\A")) {
+			return s.hasNext() ? s.next() : "";
+		}
     }
 }