diff --git a/.errcheck_excludes.txt b/.errcheck_excludes.txt
index e7b0d07..ba5eaf1 100644
--- a/.errcheck_excludes.txt
+++ b/.errcheck_excludes.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ os.Unsetenv
 (*github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/statsd.Client).Incr
 (*github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/statsd.Client).Distribution
 (*github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3.ProgressBar).Finish
+(*github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/statsd.Client).Close
diff --git a/client/test_metrics_exporter/main.go b/client/test_metrics_exporter/main.go
index f9d698b..abb3cab 100644
--- a/client/test_metrics_exporter/main.go
+++ b/client/test_metrics_exporter/main.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func main() {
 				log.Fatalf("failed to init datadog: %v", err)
 			}
 		}
+		defer ddStats.Close()
 		GLOBAL_STATSD = ddStats
 	} else {
 		fmt.Printf("Skipping exporting test stats to datadog\n")