diff --git a/poi-scratchpad/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/dev/SlideShowRecordDumper.java b/poi-scratchpad/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/dev/SlideShowRecordDumper.java
index 005da13472..c7cecd8b37 100644
--- a/poi-scratchpad/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/dev/SlideShowRecordDumper.java
+++ b/poi-scratchpad/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/dev/SlideShowRecordDumper.java
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ public final class SlideShowRecordDumper {
 
         String filename = args[ndx];
 
-        SlideShowRecordDumper foo = new SlideShowRecordDumper(System.out,
-                filename, verbose, escher);
-
-        foo.printDump();
-
-        foo.doc.close();
+        SlideShowRecordDumper foo = new SlideShowRecordDumper(System.out, filename, verbose, escher);
+        try {
+            foo.printDump();
+        } finally {
+            foo.doc.close();
+        }
     }
 
     public static void printUsage() {
diff --git a/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/dev/TestSlideShowRecordDumper.java b/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/dev/TestSlideShowRecordDumper.java
index 2a45921a11..73bbd376fd 100644
--- a/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/dev/TestSlideShowRecordDumper.java
+++ b/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/dev/TestSlideShowRecordDumper.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public class TestSlideShowRecordDumper extends BaseTestPPTIterating {
 
     @Test
     void testMain() throws IOException {
+        SlideShowRecordDumper.main(new String[] {});
+
         SlideShowRecordDumper.main(new String[] {
                 HSLFTestDataSamples.getSampleFile("slide_master.ppt").getAbsolutePath(),
         });