diff --git a/swarm/storage/dbstore.go b/swarm/storage/dbstore.go
index 4ddebb021..f5d124d29 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/dbstore.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/dbstore.go
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func (s *DbStore) getEntryCnt() uint64 {
 	return s.entryCnt
 }
 
-func (s *DbStore) close() {
+func (s *DbStore) Close() {
 	s.db.Close()
 }
 
diff --git a/swarm/storage/dbstore_test.go b/swarm/storage/dbstore_test.go
index 3d2b5bc36..ddce7ccfe 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/dbstore_test.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/dbstore_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func initDbStore(t *testing.T) *DbStore {
 
 func testDbStore(l int64, branches int64, t *testing.T) {
 	m := initDbStore(t)
-	defer m.close()
+	defer m.Close()
 	testStore(m, l, branches, t)
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestDbStore2_100_(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDbStoreNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	m := initDbStore(t)
-	defer m.close()
+	defer m.Close()
 	_, err := m.Get(ZeroKey)
 	if err != notFound {
 		t.Errorf("Expected notFound, got %v", err)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func TestDbStoreNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDbStoreSyncIterator(t *testing.T) {
 	m := initDbStore(t)
-	defer m.close()
+	defer m.Close()
 	keys := []Key{
 		Key(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000")),
 		Key(common.Hex2Bytes("4000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000")),
diff --git a/swarm/storage/dpa.go b/swarm/storage/dpa.go
index 31b6c54ac..7b3e23cac 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/dpa.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/dpa.go
@@ -237,3 +237,8 @@ func (self *dpaChunkStore) Put(entry *Chunk) {
 	self.n++
 	self.netStore.Put(chunk)
 }
+
+// Close chunk store
+func (self *dpaChunkStore) Close() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/swarm/storage/localstore.go b/swarm/storage/localstore.go
index 541462f0c..14827e361 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/localstore.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/localstore.go
@@ -72,3 +72,8 @@ func (self *LocalStore) Get(key Key) (chunk *Chunk, err error) {
 	self.memStore.Put(chunk)
 	return
 }
+
+// Close local store
+func (self *LocalStore) Close() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/swarm/storage/memstore.go b/swarm/storage/memstore.go
index f133bd7d3..e55abb45f 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/memstore.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/memstore.go
@@ -314,3 +314,8 @@ func (s *MemStore) removeOldest() {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// Close memstore
+func (s *MemStore) Close() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/swarm/storage/netstore.go b/swarm/storage/netstore.go
index f97862bbb..46479b58a 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/netstore.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/netstore.go
@@ -132,3 +132,8 @@ func (self *NetStore) Get(key Key) (*Chunk, error) {
 	go self.cloud.Retrieve(chunk)
 	return chunk, nil
 }
+
+// Close netstore
+func (self *NetStore) Close() {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/swarm/storage/types.go b/swarm/storage/types.go
index f3ab99c6c..cc5ded931 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/types.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/types.go
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ The ChunkStore interface is implemented by :
 type ChunkStore interface {
 	Put(*Chunk) // effectively there is no error even if there is an error
 	Get(Key) (*Chunk, error)
+	Close()
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/swarm/swarm.go b/swarm/swarm.go
index 4b3621aff..eab01f036 100644
--- a/swarm/swarm.go
+++ b/swarm/swarm.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type Swarm struct {
 	privateKey  *ecdsa.PrivateKey
 	corsString  string
 	swapEnabled bool
+	lstore      *storage.LocalStore // local store, needs to store for releasing resources after node stopped
 }
 
 type SwarmAPI struct {
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ func NewSwarm(ctx *node.ServiceContext, backend chequebook.Backend, config *api.
 	glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("Setting up Swarm service components")
 
 	hash := storage.MakeHashFunc(config.ChunkerParams.Hash)
-	lstore, err := storage.NewLocalStore(hash, config.StoreParams)
+	self.lstore, err = storage.NewLocalStore(hash, config.StoreParams)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ func NewSwarm(ctx *node.ServiceContext, backend chequebook.Backend, config *api.
 	// setup local store
 	glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("Set up local storage")
 
-	self.dbAccess = network.NewDbAccess(lstore)
+	self.dbAccess = network.NewDbAccess(self.lstore)
 	glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("Set up local db access (iterator/counter)")
 
 	// set up the kademlia hive
@@ -115,15 +116,15 @@ func NewSwarm(ctx *node.ServiceContext, backend chequebook.Backend, config *api.
 	glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("-> set swarm forwarder as cloud storage backend")
 	// setup cloud storage internal access layer
 
-	self.storage = storage.NewNetStore(hash, lstore, cloud, config.StoreParams)
+	self.storage = storage.NewNetStore(hash, self.lstore, cloud, config.StoreParams)
 	glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("-> swarm net store shared access layer to Swarm Chunk Store")
 
 	// set up Depo (storage handler = cloud storage access layer for incoming remote requests)
-	self.depo = network.NewDepo(hash, lstore, self.storage)
+	self.depo = network.NewDepo(hash, self.lstore, self.storage)
 	glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("-> REmote Access to CHunks")
 
 	// set up DPA, the cloud storage local access layer
-	dpaChunkStore := storage.NewDpaChunkStore(lstore, self.storage)
+	dpaChunkStore := storage.NewDpaChunkStore(self.lstore, self.storage)
 	glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("-> Local Access to Swarm")
 	// Swarm Hash Merklised Chunking for Arbitrary-length Document/File storage
 	self.dpa = storage.NewDPA(dpaChunkStore, self.config.ChunkerParams)
@@ -212,6 +213,11 @@ func (self *Swarm) Stop() error {
 		ch.Stop()
 		ch.Save()
 	}
+
+	if self.lstore != nil {
+		self.lstore.DbStore.Close()
+	}
+
 	return self.config.Save()
 }