From d0cf9a3b7a29e9345f8f789f691155d84960a6ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Himes <benjamindhimes@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 08:27:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #109

---
 async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py b/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
index 91986a8..01f5fdb 100644
--- a/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
+++ b/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
@@ -532,8 +532,10 @@ def __enter__(self):
         return self
 
     def __del__(self):
-        self.ws.close()
-        print("DELETING SUBSTATE")
+        try:
+            self.ws.close()
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
         # self.ws.protocol.fail(code=1006)  # ABNORMAL_CLOSURE
 
     def initialize(self):