diff --git a/repository/git.go b/repository/git.go
index 993e6cc6365e9f5652ec5adee2b4c21a68a01373..bc9d87723691ce4e04f151d227ad59218ea29574 100644
--- a/repository/git.go
+++ b/repository/git.go
@@ -488,6 +488,11 @@ func (repo *GitRepo) GetLocalRemote() string {
 
 // EraseFromDisk delete this repository entirely from the disk
 func (repo *GitRepo) EraseFromDisk() error {
+	err := repo.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	path := filepath.Clean(strings.TrimSuffix(repo.path, string(filepath.Separator)+".git"))
 
 	// fmt.Println("Cleaning repo:", path)
diff --git a/repository/gogit.go b/repository/gogit.go
index 74fe3fc52f729f30af6b5459298e2c4d21330b84..bdac259de85ebda97275ee7fc402c9e9c0023782 100644
--- a/repository/gogit.go
+++ b/repository/gogit.go
@@ -734,6 +734,11 @@ func (repo *GoGitRepo) GetLocalRemote() string {
 
 // EraseFromDisk delete this repository entirely from the disk
 func (repo *GoGitRepo) EraseFromDisk() error {
+	err := repo.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	path := filepath.Clean(strings.TrimSuffix(repo.path, string(filepath.Separator)+".git"))
 
 	// fmt.Println("Cleaning repo:", path)