diff --git a/lib/appendPage.js b/lib/appendPage.js
index b7895dc..8fd079b 100644
--- a/lib/appendPage.js
+++ b/lib/appendPage.js
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ exports.appendPage = function appendPage(pdfSrc, pages = []) {
     if (!Array.isArray(pages) && !isNaN(pages)) {
         pages = [pages];
     }
-    const pdfReader = hummus.createReader(pdfSrc);
+    // Using stream so it can be closed to release reader resource (Issue #61) 
+    const instream  = new hummus.PDFRStreamForFile(pdfSrc);
+    const pdfReader = hummus.createReader(instream);
     const pageCount = pdfReader.getPagesCount();
+    instream.close();
+
     // prevent unmatched pagenumber
     const transformPageNumber = (pageNum) => {
         pageNum = (pageNum > pageCount) ? pageCount : pageNum;