diff --git a/utils/dataloaders.py b/utils/dataloaders.py
index 7ca5a85..e8341d6 100644
--- a/utils/dataloaders.py
+++ b/utils/dataloaders.py
@@ -688,16 +688,17 @@ class LoadImagesAndLabels(Dataset):
             b, gb = 0, 1 << 30  # bytes of cached images, bytes per gigabytes
             self.im_hw0, self.im_hw = [None] * n, [None] * n
             fcn = self.cache_images_to_disk if cache_images == "disk" else self.load_image
-            results = ThreadPool(NUM_THREADS).imap(lambda i: (i, fcn(i)), self.indices)
-            pbar = tqdm(results, total=len(self.indices), bar_format=TQDM_BAR_FORMAT, disable=LOCAL_RANK > 0)
-            for i, x in pbar:
-                if cache_images == "disk":
-                    b += self.npy_files[i].stat().st_size
-                else:  # 'ram'
-                    self.ims[i], self.im_hw0[i], self.im_hw[i] = x  # im, hw_orig, hw_resized = load_image(self, i)
-                    b += self.ims[i].nbytes * WORLD_SIZE
-                pbar.desc = f"{prefix}Caching images ({b / gb:.1f}GB {cache_images})"
-            pbar.close()
+            with ThreadPool(NUM_THREADS) as pool:
+                results = pool.imap(lambda i: (i, fcn(i)), self.indices)
+                pbar = tqdm(results, total=len(self.indices), bar_format=TQDM_BAR_FORMAT, disable=LOCAL_RANK > 0)
+                for i, x in pbar:
+                    if cache_images == "disk":
+                        b += self.npy_files[i].stat().st_size
+                    else:  # 'ram'
+                        self.ims[i], self.im_hw0[i], self.im_hw[i] = x  # im, hw_orig, hw_resized = load_image(self, i)
+                        b += self.ims[i].nbytes * WORLD_SIZE
+                    pbar.desc = f"{prefix}Caching images ({b / gb:.1f}GB {cache_images})"
+                pbar.close()
 
     def check_cache_ram(self, safety_margin=0.1, prefix=""):
         """Checks if available RAM is sufficient for caching images, adjusting for a safety margin."""