diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/Steps.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/Steps.cs
index 6f5df941..3c1702f1 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/Steps.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/Steps.cs
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ namespace DataLoader
 				strGrid = grd.GetSearchableText();
 				sw.Close();
 			}
+			grd.Dispose();
 			return strGrid;
 		}