diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index f53a0d8..835763d 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ uuid = "add2ef01-049f-52c4-9ee2-e494f65e021a"
 keywords = ["GDAL", "IO"]
 license = "MIT"
 desc = "Wrapper for GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library"
-version = "1.2.4"
+version = "1.2.5"
 
 [deps]
 CEnum = "fa961155-64e5-5f13-b03f-caf6b980ea82"
diff --git a/gen/epilogue.jl b/gen/epilogue.jl
index 144b2e6..132d709 100644
--- a/gen/epilogue.jl
+++ b/gen/epilogue.jl
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ const GDAL_DATA = Ref{String}()
 const PROJ_LIB = Ref{String}()
 
 function __init__()
-    # Cleanup at exit
+    # cleanup at exit
     atexit(gdaldestroy)
-    
+
     # register custom error handler
     funcptr = @cfunction(gdaljl_errorhandler, Ptr{Cvoid}, (CPLErr, Cint, Cstring))
     cplseterrorhandler(funcptr)
diff --git a/src/GDAL.jl b/src/GDAL.jl
index 1c7481e..fa99264 100644
--- a/src/GDAL.jl
+++ b/src/GDAL.jl
@@ -32994,6 +32994,7 @@ const GDAL_DATA = Ref{String}()
 const PROJ_LIB = Ref{String}()
 
 function __init__()
+    atexit(gdaldestroy)
     funcptr = @cfunction(gdaljl_errorhandler, Ptr{Cvoid}, (CPLErr, Cint, Cstring))
     cplseterrorhandler(funcptr)
     versionstring = gdalversioninfo("RELEASE_NAME")