diff --git a/classes/db-class.php b/classes/db-class.php
index ab7c7cd..914d8c0 100644
--- a/classes/db-class.php
+++ b/classes/db-class.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ class SSDB
 {
     function execute($conn,$sql){
         if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
-        $conn->close();
         return true;
         } else {
         return $conn->error;
@@ -14,21 +13,18 @@ class SSDB
     function getSetting($conn,$setting){
         $sql = "SELECT value FROM settings WHERE setting='".$setting."'";
         $result = $conn->query($sql);
-        $ret = "none";
+
         if ($result->num_rows == 1) {
             while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
-                $ret = $row["value"];
+                return $row["value"];
             }
         } else {
-            $ret = "null";
+            return "null";
         }
-    $conn->close();
-    return $ret;
     }
     function setSetting($conn,$settingname,$settingvalue){
         $sql = "INSERT INTO settings (setting,value) VALUES ('".$settingname."','".$settingvalue."');";
             if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
-                $conn->close();
                 return true;
             } else {
                 return $conn->error;
@@ -38,7 +34,6 @@ class SSDB
     function deleteSetting($conn,$settingname){
         $sql = "DELETE FROM settings WHERE setting=\"".$settingname."\";";
         if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
-                $conn->close();
                 return true;
             } else {
                 return $conn->error;