diff --git a/src/main/java/com/vdurmont/emoji/EmojiManager.java b/src/main/java/com/vdurmont/emoji/EmojiManager.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/vdurmont/emoji/EmojiManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/vdurmont/emoji/EmojiManager.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public class EmojiManager {
                     EMOJIS_BY_ALIAS.put(alias, emoji);
                 }
             }
+            stream.close();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
Closing the InputStream to release resources that it might be holding.

Reason: besides the above stated, using this library and StrictMode on Android lead to crashes due to the fact that this InputStream is not closed.