diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs
index f6fdc6fd..4fffc4c8 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
@@ -1133,7 +1133,15 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 		}
 		private void tv_SectionShouldClose(object sender, vlnTreeSectionInfoEventArgs args)
 		{
-			if (!args.MySectionInfo.IsStepSection) tc.CloseWordItem(args.MySectionInfo,args.IsDeleting);
+			if (!args.MySectionInfo.IsStepSection) tc.CloseWordItem(args.MySectionInfo, args.IsDeleting);
+			else
+			{
+				if (tc == null) return;
+				StepTabPanel tp = tc.GetProcedureTabPanel(args.MySectionInfo as ItemInfo);
+				if (tp == null) return;
+				DisplayTabItem ti = tp.MyDisplayTabItem;
+				tc.CloseTabItem(ti);
+			}
 		}
 		private void tv_WordSectionDeleted(object sender, WordSectionEventArgs args)
 		{