diff --git a/tasks/command_simulator.rb b/tasks/command_simulator.rb
index 440bc871d..cd8838f0d 100644
--- a/tasks/command_simulator.rb
+++ b/tasks/command_simulator.rb
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ require 'train'
 
 commands = { 'inspec_exec' => 'inspec exec examples/profile/controls/example.rb', 'inspec_version' => 'inspec version' }
 
+backend = Train.create('local')
+conn = backend.connection
+
 commands.each do |keyname, command|
-  backend = Train.create('local')
-  conn = backend.connection
   # loop around commands
   cmd = conn.run_command(command)
   cmd.stdout
-  conn.close
 
   # save the result and put it in inspec/www/app/results with the keyname as filename
   result = cmd.stdout
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ commands.each do |keyname, command|
   out_file.puts(result)
   out_file.close
 end
+
+conn.close