diff --git a/servefile b/servefile
index dd09628..3edc3a4 100755
--- a/servefile
+++ b/servefile
@@ -976,6 +976,11 @@ class AuthenticationHandler():
 		else:
 			self.send_response(401)
 			self.send_header("WWW-Authenticate", "Basic realm=\"%s\"" % self.realm)
+			self.send_header("Connection", "close")
+			errorMsg = "<html><head><title>401 - Unauthorized</title></head><body><h1>401 - Unauthorized</h1></body></html>"
+			self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(errorMsg)))
+			self.end_headers()
+			self.wfile.write(errorMsg)
 
 
 def main():
