diff --git a/adder/adder.go b/adder/adder.go
index 87581111..0f32e03e 100644
--- a/adder/adder.go
+++ b/adder/adder.go
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ type ClusterDAGService interface {
 	// Finalize receives the IPFS content root CID as
 	// returned by the ipfs adder.
 	Finalize(ctx context.Context, ipfsRoot api.Cid) (api.Cid, error)
+	// Close performs any necessary cleanups and should be called
+	// whenever the DAGService is not going to be used anymore.
+	Close() error
 	// Allocations returns the allocations made by the cluster DAG service
 	// for the added content.
 	Allocations() []peer.ID
diff --git a/adder/adder_test.go b/adder/adder_test.go
index 4839850f..d65b36da 100644
--- a/adder/adder_test.go
+++ b/adder/adder_test.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func TestAdder(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedCids := test.ShardingDirCids[:]
 
 	dags := newMockCDAGServ()
+	defer dags.Close()
 
 	adder := New(dags, p, nil)
 
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ func TestAdder_DoubleStart(t *testing.T) {
 	p := api.DefaultAddParams()
 
 	dags := newMockCDAGServ()
+	defer dags.Close()
 
 	adder := New(dags, p, nil)
 	_, err := adder.FromFiles(context.Background(), f)
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ func TestAdder_ContextCancelled(t *testing.T) {
 	p := api.DefaultAddParams()
 
 	dags := newMockCDAGServ()
+	defer dags.Close()
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	adder := New(dags, p, nil)
@@ -176,6 +179,8 @@ func TestAdder_CAR(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Add the car, discarding old dags.
 	dags = newMockCDAGServ()
+	defer dags.Close()
+
 	p.Format = "car"
 	adder = New(dags, p, nil)
 	root2, err := adder.FromMultipart(ctx, carMr)
@@ -217,6 +222,7 @@ func TestAdder_LargeFolder(t *testing.T) {
 	p.Wrap = true
 
 	dags := newMockCDAGServ()
+	defer dags.Close()
 
 	adder := New(dags, p, nil)
 	_, err := adder.FromFiles(context.Background(), slf)
diff --git a/adder/adderutils/adderutils.go b/adder/adderutils/adderutils.go
index a35f5dcc..e204e87d 100644
--- a/adder/adderutils/adderutils.go
+++ b/adder/adderutils/adderutils.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func AddMultipartHTTPHandler(
 	} else {
 		dags = single.New(ctx, rpc, params, params.Local)
 	}
+	defer dags.Close()
 
 	if outputTransform == nil {
 		outputTransform = func(in api.AddedOutput) interface{} { return in }
diff --git a/adder/sharding/dag_service.go b/adder/sharding/dag_service.go
index 4fea1a2a..021a40a7 100644
--- a/adder/sharding/dag_service.go
+++ b/adder/sharding/dag_service.go
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ func (dgs *DAGService) Add(ctx context.Context, node ipld.Node) error {
 	return dgs.ingestBlock(ctx, node)
 }
 
+// Close performs cleanup and should be called when the DAGService is not
+// going to be used anymore.
+func (dgs *DAGService) Close() error {
+	if dgs.currentShard != nil {
+		dgs.currentShard.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Finalize finishes sharding, creates the cluster DAG and pins it along
 // with the meta pin for the root node of the content.
 func (dgs *DAGService) Finalize(ctx context.Context, dataRoot api.Cid) (api.Cid, error) {
diff --git a/adder/sharding/shard.go b/adder/sharding/shard.go
index 35d28843..bbf5ff67 100644
--- a/adder/sharding/shard.go
+++ b/adder/sharding/shard.go
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ package sharding
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"sync"
 
-	ipld "github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format"
 	"github.com/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster/adder"
 	"github.com/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster/api"
+	ipld "github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format"
 
 	cid "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
 	peer "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/peer"
@@ -19,12 +20,13 @@ import (
 // a peer to be block-put and will be part of the same shard in the
 // cluster DAG.
 type shard struct {
-	ctx         context.Context
-	rpc         *rpc.Client
-	allocations []peer.ID
-	pinOptions  api.PinOptions
-	bs          *adder.BlockStreamer
-	blocks      chan api.NodeWithMeta
+	ctx             context.Context
+	rpc             *rpc.Client
+	allocations     []peer.ID
+	pinOptions      api.PinOptions
+	bs              *adder.BlockStreamer
+	blocks          chan api.NodeWithMeta
+	closeBlocksOnce sync.Once
 	// dagNode represents a node with links and will be converted
 	// to Cbor.
 	dagNode     map[string]cid.Cid
@@ -93,6 +95,14 @@ func (sh *shard) sendBlock(ctx context.Context, n ipld.Node) error {
 	}
 }
 
+// Close stops any ongoing block streaming.
+func (sh *shard) Close() error {
+	sh.closeBlocksOnce.Do(func() {
+		close(sh.blocks)
+	})
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Flush completes the allocation of this shard by building a CBOR node
 // and adding it to IPFS, then pinning it in cluster. It returns the Cid of the
 // shard.
@@ -110,7 +120,9 @@ func (sh *shard) Flush(ctx context.Context, shardN int, prev cid.Cid) (cid.Cid,
 			return cid.Undef, err
 		}
 	}
-	close(sh.blocks)
+
+	sh.Close()
+
 	select {
 	case <-ctx.Done():
 		return cid.Undef, ctx.Err()
diff --git a/adder/single/dag_service.go b/adder/single/dag_service.go
index 246712e0..9f61abef 100644
--- a/adder/single/dag_service.go
+++ b/adder/single/dag_service.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package single
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"sync"
 
 	adder "github.com/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster/adder"
 	"github.com/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster/api"
@@ -31,9 +32,10 @@ type DAGService struct {
 	addParams api.AddParams
 	local     bool
 
-	bs           *adder.BlockStreamer
-	blocks       chan api.NodeWithMeta
-	recentBlocks *recentBlocks
+	bs              *adder.BlockStreamer
+	blocks          chan api.NodeWithMeta
+	closeBlocksOnce sync.Once
+	recentBlocks    *recentBlocks
 }
 
 // New returns a new Adder with the given rpc Client. The client is used
@@ -109,10 +111,20 @@ func (dgs *DAGService) Add(ctx context.Context, node ipld.Node) error {
 	}
 }
 
+// Close cleans up the DAGService.
+func (dgs *DAGService) Close() error {
+	dgs.closeBlocksOnce.Do(func() {
+		close(dgs.blocks)
+	})
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Finalize pins the last Cid added to this DAGService.
 func (dgs *DAGService) Finalize(ctx context.Context, root api.Cid) (api.Cid, error) {
-	close(dgs.blocks)
+	// Close the blocks channel
+	dgs.Close()
 
+	// Wait for the BlockStreamer to finish.
 	select {
 	case <-dgs.ctx.Done():
 		return root, ctx.Err()
diff --git a/cluster.go b/cluster.go
index cb3af382..a5da477f 100644
--- a/cluster.go
+++ b/cluster.go
@@ -1744,6 +1744,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) AddFile(ctx context.Context, reader *multipart.Reader, params
 	} else {
 		dags = single.New(ctx, c.rpcClient, params, params.Local)
 	}
+	defer dags.Close()
 	add := adder.New(dags, params, nil)
 	return add.FromMultipart(ctx, reader)
 }
diff --git a/test/sharding.go b/test/sharding.go
index 0b157ce7..5377d98a 100644
--- a/test/sharding.go
+++ b/test/sharding.go
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ func NewMockDAGService(writeOnly bool) *MockDAGService {
 	}
 }
 
+// Close closes the DAGService.
+func (d *MockDAGService) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Get reads a node.
 func (d *MockDAGService) Get(ctx context.Context, cid cid.Cid) (format.Node, error) {
 	if d.writeOnly {