diff --git a/examples/H5/openclose.c b/examples/H5/openclose.c
index ab26efd..e479990 100644
--- a/examples/H5/openclose.c
+++ b/examples/H5/openclose.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ main (
         h5_file_t f = H5OpenFile ("testfile.h5", H5_O_WRONLY, prop);
         H5CloseProp (prop);
 	H5CloseFile (f);
-
+	H5Finalize ();
 	MPI_Finalize ();
+	
 	return 0;
 }