diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 19f1d80..0000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "typescript.tsdk": "node_modules/typescript/lib",
-  "deno.enable": true,
-  "deno.suggest.imports.hosts": {
-    "https://deno.land": false
-  }
-}
diff --git a/remote.ts b/remote.ts
index 8b3229c..720c133 100644
--- a/remote.ts
+++ b/remote.ts
@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@ export class RestRemoteStorage implements KeyValueStorage {
           [HEADER_REQUESTER]: this.appname,
         },
       });
+      // the body is consumed here to not leak resource, but it would
+      // be better to consume it only when needed, once
+      // https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/4735 is fixed
+      const text = await response.text();
       if (response.headers.get(HEADER_REPLYIER) != "ok") {
         throw new Error("storage not compatible with tk-storage");
       } else if (response.status == 200) {
-        return await response.text();
+        return text;
       } else if (response.status == 404) {
         return null;
       } else {
diff --git a/server.ts b/server.ts
index 6c14d36..6fadaa6 100755
--- a/server.ts
+++ b/server.ts
@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ export function startRestServer(
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
     const server = app.listen(port, () => {
       resolve({
-        close: () =>
-          new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-            server.close();
-          }),
+        close: async () => {
+          server.close();
+        },
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/testing.ts b/testing.ts
index ac3ab75..82066e7 100644
--- a/testing.ts
+++ b/testing.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export async function disableLocalStorage(
   const removed = ns["localStorage"];
   delete ns["localStorage"];
   try {
-    await body;
+    await body();
   } finally {
     ns["localStorage"] = removed;
   }