diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a1feae2..8640c33 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ async fn receive(args: ReceiveArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let db = iroh_blobs::store::fs::FsStore::load(&iroh_data_dir).await?;
     let db2 = db.clone();
     trace!("load done!");
-    let fut = async move {
+    let fut = async {
         trace!("running");
         let mut mp: MultiProgress = MultiProgress::new();
         let draw_target = if args.common.no_progress {
@@ -1114,8 +1114,12 @@ async fn receive(args: ReceiveArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     };
     let (total_files, payload_size, stats) = select! {
         x = fut => match x {
-            Ok(x) => x,
+            Ok(x) => {
+                endpoint.close().await;
+                x
+            }
             Err(e) => {
+                endpoint.close().await;
                 // make sure we shutdown the db before exiting
                 db2.shutdown().await?;
                 eprintln!("error: {e}");
@@ -1123,6 +1127,7 @@ async fn receive(args: ReceiveArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             }
         },
         _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c() => {
+            endpoint.close().await;
             db2.shutdown().await?;
             std::process::exit(130);
         }
diff --git a/tests/cli.rs b/tests/cli.rs
index 7c6a6bd..269c41b 100644
--- a/tests/cli.rs
+++ b/tests/cli.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,48 @@ fn send_recv_file() {
     assert_eq!(tgt_data, data);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn receive_closes_endpoint_no_iroh_socket_error() {
+    let name = "graceful-close.bin";
+    let data = vec![0xabu8; 64];
+    let src_dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let tgt_dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let src_file = src_dir.path().join(name);
+    std::fs::write(&src_file, &data).unwrap();
+    let mut send_cmd = duct::cmd(
+        sendme_bin(),
+        ["send", src_file.as_os_str().to_str().unwrap()],
+    )
+    .dir(src_dir.path())
+    .env_remove("RUST_LOG")
+    .stderr_to_stdout()
+    .reader()
+    .unwrap();
+    let output = read_ascii_lines(3, &mut send_cmd).unwrap();
+    let output = String::from_utf8(output).unwrap();
+    let ticket = output.split_ascii_whitespace().last().unwrap();
+    let ticket = BlobTicket::from_str(ticket).unwrap();
+    let receive_output = duct::cmd(sendme_bin(), ["receive", &ticket.to_string()])
+        .dir(tgt_dir.path())
+        .env("RUST_LOG", "iroh::socket=error")
+        .stdout_capture()
+        .stderr_capture()
+        .run()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(receive_output.status.success(), "{receive_output:?}");
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&receive_output.stderr);
+    assert!(
+        !stderr.contains("Endpoint dropped"),
+        "unexpected iroh shutdown log on stderr: {stderr}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !stderr.contains("Aborting ungracefully"),
+        "unexpected iroh shutdown log on stderr: {stderr}"
+    );
+    let tgt_file = tgt_dir.path().join(name);
+    assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&tgt_file).unwrap(), data);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn send_recv_dir() {
     fn create_file(base: &Path, i: usize, j: usize, k: usize) -> (PathBuf, Vec<u8>) {