diff --git a/py34/scraper.py b/py34/scraper.py
index 272f67c..303c0d0 100644
--- a/py34/scraper.py
+++ b/py34/scraper.py
@@ -27,13 +27,12 @@ class Scraper:
 
     def _get(self, url: str, body: bool) -> bytes | Response:
         res: Response = self._scraper.get(url)
+        res.close()
         if not body:
             return res
         if res.status_code != 200:
             raise ScraperException(res, "Request did not succeed")
-        content = res.content
-        res.close()
-        return content
+        return res.content
 
     @retry(Exception, tries=5, delay=3)
     def _retry_get(self, url: str, body: bool) -> bytes | Response: