diff --git a/DRAMSys/library/src/common/TlmRecorder.cpp b/DRAMSys/library/src/common/TlmRecorder.cpp
index 59e546aa..1499d9a2 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/library/src/common/TlmRecorder.cpp
+++ b/DRAMSys/library/src/common/TlmRecorder.cpp
@@ -72,16 +72,6 @@ TlmRecorder::~TlmRecorder()
 {
     if (db)
         closeConnection();
-    sqlite3_finalize(insertTransactionStatement);
-    sqlite3_finalize(insertRangeStatement);
-    sqlite3_finalize(updateRangeStatement);
-    sqlite3_finalize(insertPhaseStatement);
-    sqlite3_finalize(updatePhaseStatement);
-    sqlite3_finalize(insertGeneralInfoStatement);
-    sqlite3_finalize(insertDebugMessageStatement);
-    sqlite3_finalize(updateDataStrobeStatement);
-    sqlite3_finalize(insertPowerStatement);
-
 }
 
 void TlmRecorder::recordPower(double timeInSeconds, double averagePower)
@@ -414,6 +404,15 @@ void TlmRecorder::closeConnection()
         printDebugMessage(
                     "Number of transactions written to DB: " + std::to_string(totalNumTransactions - 1));
         printDebugMessage("tlmPhaseRecorder:\tEnd Recording");
+        sqlite3_finalize(insertTransactionStatement);
+        sqlite3_finalize(insertRangeStatement);
+        sqlite3_finalize(updateRangeStatement);
+        sqlite3_finalize(insertPhaseStatement);
+        sqlite3_finalize(updatePhaseStatement);
+        sqlite3_finalize(insertGeneralInfoStatement);
+        sqlite3_finalize(insertDebugMessageStatement);
+        sqlite3_finalize(updateDataStrobeStatement);
+        sqlite3_finalize(insertPowerStatement);
         sqlite3_close(db);
         db = NULL;
     }