diff --git a/tutorial/pipelines.py b/tutorial/pipelines.py
index 57bb6da..ec47349 100644
--- a/tutorial/pipelines.py
+++ b/tutorial/pipelines.py
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ def __init__(self):
     def process_item(self, item, spider):
         session = self.Session()
         exist_quote = session.query(Quote).filter_by(quote_content = item["quote_content"]).first()
+        session.close()
         if exist_quote is not None:  # the current quote exists
             raise DropItem("Duplicate item found: %s" % item["quote_content"])
-            session.close()
         else:
             return item
-            session.close()
 
 
 class SaveQuotesPipeline(object):