diff --git a/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/validation/LinkValidatorManager.java b/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/validation/LinkValidatorManager.java
index af999add..0216b7c7 100644
--- a/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/validation/LinkValidatorManager.java
+++ b/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/validation/LinkValidatorManager.java
@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@ package org.apache.maven.linkcheck.validation;
  * ====================================================================
  */
  
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:bwalding@apache.org">Ben Walding</a>
  * @author <a href="mailto:carlos@apache.org">Carlos Sanchez</a>
- * @version $Id: LinkValidatorManager.java,v 1.7 2004/08/01 21:05:32 carlos Exp $
+ * @version $Id: LinkValidatorManager.java,v 1.8 2004/08/17 17:29:49 carlos Exp $
  */
 
 public class LinkValidatorManager {
@@ -103,10 +106,15 @@ public class LinkValidatorManager {
         try {
             File f = new File(cacheFilename);
             if (f.exists()) {
-                this.cache.load(new FileInputStream(cacheFilename));
+                BufferedInputStream is = new BufferedInputStream(
+                        new FileInputStream(cacheFilename)); 
+                this.cache.load(is);
+                is.close();
             }
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
 
@@ -117,9 +125,14 @@ public class LinkValidatorManager {
             if (dir != null) {
                 dir.mkdirs();
             }
-            this.cache.save(new FileOutputStream(cacheFilename));
+            BufferedOutputStream os = new BufferedOutputStream(
+                    new FileOutputStream(cacheFilename)); 
+            this.cache.save(os);
+            os.close();
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }