diff --git a/plexpy/database.py b/plexpy/database.py
index 4762805f..e70d6c77 100644
--- a/plexpy/database.py
+++ b/plexpy/database.py
@@ -490,4 +490,8 @@ class MonitorDatabase(object):
         # Get the last insert row id
         result = self.select_single(query="SELECT last_insert_rowid() AS last_id")
         if result:
-            return result.get('last_id', None)
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+            return result.get('last_id', None)
+        
+    def __del__(self):
+        # Close the database connection when object is garbage collected
+        self.connection.close()