diff --git a/src/Commands/Seed.js b/src/Commands/Seed.js
index 51fd459d..b50ca730 100644
--- a/src/Commands/Seed.js
+++ b/src/Commands/Seed.js
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class Seed extends Command {
       this.success(`${this.icon('success')} seeded database successfully`)
     } catch (e) {
       this.error(e)
+    } finally {
+      const MigrationsRunner = this.migrations
+      new MigrationsRunner().database.close()
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Commands/Status.js b/src/Commands/Status.js
index dde940cb..2cf2773c 100644
--- a/src/Commands/Status.js
+++ b/src/Commands/Status.js
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ class Status extends Command {
       this.table(['Migration', 'Status'], response)
     } catch (e) {
       this.error(e)
-    } finally {
-      migrationsRunner.database.close()
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Migrations/index.js b/src/Migrations/index.js
index 32e328c5..f4b9bcc1 100644
--- a/src/Migrations/index.js
+++ b/src/Migrations/index.js
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class Migrations {
    */
   * status (files) {
     const migrate = yield this._diff(files, 'up')
+    this.database.close()
     return _.transform(files, function (result, file, name) {
       if (migrate.indexOf(name) > -1) {
         result[name] = 'N'