diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 82757b0..80c3bb9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<revision>0.10.1</revision>
+		<revision>0.10.2</revision>
 		<log4j.version>2.24.1</log4j.version>
 		<kafka.version>3.8.0</kafka.version>
 		<jersey>3.1.8</jersey>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/rtdi/bigdata/rulesservice/RulesService.java b/src/main/java/io/rtdi/bigdata/rulesservice/RulesService.java
index a9f358f..1ace2d0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/rtdi/bigdata/rulesservice/RulesService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/rtdi/bigdata/rulesservice/RulesService.java
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ private void close() {
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				LoggingUtil.LOGGER.error("Closing the Kafka admin client within 10 seconds failed - ignored", e);
 			}
+			admin = null;
 		}
 		if (schemaclient != null) {
 			try {
@@ -536,6 +537,7 @@ private void close() {
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				LoggingUtil.LOGGER.error("Closing the schema registry client failed - ignored", e);
 			}
+			schemaclient = null;
 		}
 	}