diff --git a/DICOM/IO/StreamByteTarget.cs b/DICOM/IO/StreamByteTarget.cs
index f17137180..0b84ae5a2 100644
--- a/DICOM/IO/StreamByteTarget.cs
+++ b/DICOM/IO/StreamByteTarget.cs
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ public class StreamByteTarget : IDisposable, IByteTarget {
 		}
 
 		public void Close() {
-			_stream.Close();
-			_stream = null;
+			// don't close stream
+			//_stream.Close();
+			//_stream = null;
 		}
 
 		public void Dispose() {