diff --git a/web.py b/web.py
index 3273346..107c2a8 100755
--- a/web.py
+++ b/web.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def db_reconnect():
 	c = db.cursor()
 	dc = db.cursor(dictionary=True)
 	return (db, c, dc)
-	
+
 db, c, dc = db_reconnect()
 c.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `data` (username VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL, instance VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL, password TINYTEXT NOT NULL, avi TEXT NOT NULL, secret TINYTEXT NOT NULL, client_id VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL, client_secret TINYTEXT NOT NULL, cc TINYTEXT, ccavi VARCHAR(128) DEFAULT 'https://lynnesbian.space/res/ceres/cc-smol.png', latest_post TINYTEXT, last_check INT DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL, time_between_checks INT DEFAULT %s NOT NULL, settings VARCHAR(4096) DEFAULT %s, PRIMARY KEY(username, instance))", (cfg['min_time_between_checks'], json.dumps(settings),))
 db.close()
@@ -190,11 +190,12 @@ def do_login():
 def create_password():
 	db, c, dc = db_reconnect()
 	c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM data WHERE username = %s AND instance = %s", (session['username'], session['instance']))
-	db.close()
 	if c.fetchone()[0] == 0:
+		db.close()
 		return render_template("create_password.html", bg = "background-image:url('{}')".format(session['avi']))
 	else:
 		#user already exists in database, so they already have a password
+		db.close()
 		return redirect(url_for('main'))
 
 @app.route('/internal/create_account', methods=['POST'])