diff --git a/gms_preprocessing/misc/locks.py b/gms_preprocessing/misc/locks.py
index ed4297765ffa90639d0a300331a45e28a4b01599..42bfecfa0ae0203cb396e6ef059872c218ad9f24 100644
--- a/gms_preprocessing/misc/locks.py
+++ b/gms_preprocessing/misc/locks.py
@@ -320,7 +320,10 @@ class MemoryReserver(object):
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
         self.release()
-        self.logger.close()
+
+        if not self.disabled:
+            self.logger.close()
+
         return True if exc_type is None else False