Index: sbbs.el
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--- sbbs.el
+++ sbbs.el
@@ -460,11 +460,12 @@
                                  (cdr (assq 'headline (cdr thread)))
                                  'face 'sbbs--variable-pitch)))
                   ent))
           (setq-local tabulated-list-entries ent)
           (tabulated-list-print t t)
-          (hl-line-highlight))))))
+          (hl-line-highlight)))))
+  (kill-buffer))
 
 (defun sbbs--thread-loader (status id buf range)
   "Callback function for `url-retrieve' when loading thread.
 
 The attribute ID determines what thread from board BOARD to
@@ -499,11 +500,12 @@
           (delete-blank-lines)
           (when range
             (sbbs--limit-to-range range))
           (if sbbs-open-at-last-post
               (sbbs-goto-end)
-            (goto-char (point-min))))))))
+            (goto-char (point-min)))))))
+  (kill-buffer))
 
  ;; INTERACTIVE FUNCTIONS
 
 (defun sbbs-show-all ()
   "Show all hidden posts."