diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 81340c7..bbdeab6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.4
+0.0.5
diff --git a/lib/semlogger/rotate.rb b/lib/semlogger/rotate.rb
index 4ec32c1..9656bcb 100644
--- a/lib/semlogger/rotate.rb
+++ b/lib/semlogger/rotate.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Semlogger::Rotate
 
 	def open_if
 		name = Time.now.strftime( @filename).gsub /%\$/, $$.to_s
-		@file.close  if @file and name != @file.path
+		close  if @file and name != @file.path
 		@file = File.open name, 'a'  unless @file
 		@file
 	end