diff --git a/src/twitter/authorisationHandler.py b/src/twitter/authorisationHandler.py
index 0d4110f1..e67b1e23 100644
--- a/src/twitter/authorisationHandler.py
+++ b/src/twitter/authorisationHandler.py
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ class handler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         global verifier
         verifier = params.get('oauth_verifier', [None])[0]
         self.wfile.write(_(u"You have successfully logged into Twitter with {0}. You can close this window now.").format(application.name))
+        self.finish()