diff --git a/helpers/postgresql.py b/helpers/postgresql.py
index 4110f93e..72030e6d 100644
--- a/helpers/postgresql.py
+++ b/helpers/postgresql.py
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ class Postgresql:
                 xlog_diff = member_cursor.fetchone()[0]
                 logger.info([self.name, member.hostname, xlog_diff])
                 member_cursor.close()
+                member_conn.close()
                 if xlog_diff < 0:
                     return False
             except psycopg2.OperationalError:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 33cd5ae3..2185e5c6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 PyYAML
-requests
 psycopg2
+requests