diff --git a/native-src/placeholders_interface/Planceholders.cpp b/native-src/placeholders_interface/Planceholders.cpp
index 360df8ee..67e9fcf1 100644
--- a/native-src/placeholders_interface/Planceholders.cpp
+++ b/native-src/placeholders_interface/Planceholders.cpp
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ bool Placeholders::ConvertToPlaceholder(const std::wstring &fullPath, const std:
             // Liberar el buffer de mensaje de error
             LocalFree(errorMsg);
 
+            CloseHandle(fileHandle);
+
             return false;
         }