diff --git a/code/game/world.dm b/code/game/world.dm
index 18249aa0807a4..c75ed3774fdd8 100644
--- a/code/game/world.dm
+++ b/code/game/world.dm
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ GLOBAL_VAR(href_logfile)
 
 
 /world/Del()
+	rustg_close_async_http_client() // Close the HTTP client. If you dont do this, youll get phantom threads which can crash DD from memory access violations
 	var/debug_server = world.GetConfig("env", "AUXTOOLS_DEBUG_DLL")
 	if (debug_server)
 		CALL_EXT(debug_server, "auxtools_shutdown")()