diff -rupN gimagereader-2.93/src/ScannerSane.hh gimagereader-2.93-new/src/ScannerSane.hh
--- gimagereader-2.93/src/ScannerSane.hh	2014-04-25 23:44:37.000000000 +0200
+++ gimagereader-2.93-new/src/ScannerSane.hh	2014-05-04 14:35:54.774309582 +0200
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ bool ScannerSane::initBackend()
 void ScannerSane::closeBackend()
 {
 	g_debug("sane_exit()");
-	sane_exit();
+// 	sane_exit();
 }
 
 std::vector<Scanner::ScanDevice> ScannerSane::detectDevices()