diff --git a/openlcb/canbus/tcpsocket.py b/openlcb/canbus/tcpsocket.py
index 9f528a3..1a24038 100644
--- a/openlcb/canbus/tcpsocket.py
+++ b/openlcb/canbus/tcpsocket.py
@@ -61,3 +61,7 @@ def receive(self):
             if 0x3B in chunk:
                 break
         return b''.join(chunks).decode("utf-8")
+        
+    def close(self):
+        self.sock.close()
+