diff --git a/jxr/src/main/org/apache/maven/jxr/CodeTransform.java b/jxr/src/main/org/apache/maven/jxr/CodeTransform.java
index f24408e5..0abb9547 100644
--- a/jxr/src/main/org/apache/maven/jxr/CodeTransform.java
+++ b/jxr/src/main/org/apache/maven/jxr/CodeTransform.java
@@ -609,17 +609,22 @@ public class CodeTransform implements Serializable
         //make sure that the parent directories exist...
         new File(new File(destfile).getParent()).mkdirs();
 
-        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(sourcefile));
-        ;
-        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(destfile));
+        FileReader fr = null;
+        FileWriter fw = null;
+        try {
+          fr = new FileReader(sourcefile);
+          fw = new FileWriter(destfile);
+          BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(fr);
+        
+          PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(fw);
 
-        String line = "";
+          String line = "";
 
-        out.println(getHeader());
+          out.println(getHeader());
 
-        int linenumber = 1;
-        while ((line = in.readLine()) != null)
-        {
+          int linenumber = 1;
+          while ((line = in.readLine()) != null)
+          {
             if (LINE_NUMBERS)
             {
                 out.print("<a name=\"" + linenumber + "\" " +
@@ -631,10 +636,26 @@ public class CodeTransform implements Serializable
             out.println(this.syntaxHighlight(line));
 
             ++linenumber;
-        }
+          }
 
-        out.println(getFooter());
-        out.flush();
+          out.println(getFooter());
+          out.flush();
+        } finally {
+          if (fr != null) {
+              try {
+                fr.close();
+              } catch (Exception ex) {
+                  ex.printStackTrace();
+              }
+          }
+          if (fw != null) {
+              try {
+                  fw.close();
+              } catch (Exception ex) {
+                  ex.printStackTrace();
+              }
+          }
+        }
 
     }