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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cdb2b58c..0f6aec14 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### 1.5.27 (20231)
+### 1.5.27 (20234)
 - Language functionality has been consolidated into a LanguageSubsystem object at ba.app.lang
 - ba.get_valid_languages() is now an attr: ba.app.lang.available_languages
 - Achievement functionality has been consolidated into an AchievementSubsystem object at ba.app.ach
diff --git a/assets/src/ba_data/python/bastd/ui/gather/publictab.py b/assets/src/ba_data/python/bastd/ui/gather/publictab.py
index 9dae594e..2b29537a 100644
--- a/assets/src/ba_data/python/bastd/ui/gather/publictab.py
+++ b/assets/src/ba_data/python/bastd/ui/gather/publictab.py
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ class PingThread(threading.Thread):
 
     def run(self) -> None:
         # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
+        # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
         ba.app.ping_thread_count += 1
+        sock: Optional[socket.socket] = None
         try:
             import socket
             from ba.internal import get_ip_address_type
@@ -139,7 +141,6 @@ class PingThread(threading.Thread):
                     accessible = True
                     break
                 time.sleep(1)
-            sock.close()
             ping = int((time.time() - starttime) * 1000.0)
             ba.pushcall(ba.Call(self._call, self._address, self._port,
                                 ping if accessible else None),
@@ -177,6 +178,13 @@ class PingThread(threading.Thread):
                     f'(errno={exc.errno})', once=True)
         except Exception:
             ba.print_exception('Error on gather ping', once=True)
+        finally:
+            try:
+                if sock is not None:
+                    sock.close()
+            except Exception:
+                ba.print_exception('Error on gather ping cleanup', once=True)
+
         ba.app.ping_thread_count -= 1