diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/UpdateCheck.java b/app/src/processing/app/UpdateCheck.java
index 20c91dd38..351ae2724 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/UpdateCheck.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/UpdateCheck.java
@@ -206,10 +206,12 @@ protected boolean promptToOpenContributionManager() {
 
   protected int readInt(String filename) throws IOException {
     URL url = new URL(filename);
-    InputStream stream = url.openStream();
+    // try-with-resources auto closes things of type "Closeable" even the code throws an error
+    try(InputStream stream = url.openStream();
     InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(stream);
-    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(isr);
-    return Integer.parseInt(reader.readLine());
+    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(isr)) {
+      return Integer.parseInt(reader.readLine());
+    }
   }
 
 
diff --git a/app/test/processing/app/UpdateCheckTest.java b/app/test/processing/app/UpdateCheckTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a0d618fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/processing/app/UpdateCheckTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package processing.app;
+
+public class UpdateCheckTest {
+}