diff --git a/libs/edssser/edssser.go b/libs/edssser/edssser.go
index dfb01e175..ccd41ed75 100644
--- a/libs/edssser/edssser.go
+++ b/libs/edssser/edssser.go
@@ -103,13 +103,16 @@ func (ss *EDSsser) dumpStat(stats Stats) (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	defer func() {
+		err = errors.Join(err, ss.statsFile.Close())
+	}()
+	
 	_, err = ss.statsFile.Write([]byte(stats.String()))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	    return err
 	}
-
-	return ss.statsFile.Close()
-}
+	return nil
+}	
 
 type Stats struct {
 	TotalWritten                         int