diff --git a/src/im_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_cluster.rb b/src/im_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_cluster.rb
index 6f1bd37337..0f4edd067c 100644
--- a/src/im_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_cluster.rb
+++ b/src/im_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_cluster.rb
@@ -145,8 +145,10 @@ class Cluster
         cluster_monitoring
     end
 
+    # Try connectivity to a vCenter instance and close the connection
     def beacon_host
-        VCenterDriver::VIClient.new(connection, @host.id)
+        vi_client = VCenterDriver::VIClient.new(connection, @host.id)
+        vi_client.close_connection
         Time.now.to_s
     end