diff --git a/src/webrtc-star/index.js b/src/webrtc-star/index.js
index 70312a25..aa9eac52 100644
--- a/src/webrtc-star/index.js
+++ b/src/webrtc-star/index.js
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ function WebRTCStar () {
         connected = true
         conn.destroy = channel.destroy.bind(channel)
 
+        channel.on('close', () => {
+          conn.destroy()
+        })
+
         conn.getObservedAddrs = (callback) => {
           return callback(null, [ma])
         }