diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 990a0ba..f97dcfc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.20.1
+
+* Close mbtiles file properly when there are no valid features in the input
+
 ## 1.20.0
 
 * Add long options to tippecanoe-decode and tile-join. Add --quiet to tile-join.
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index fb5fbe7..8ed0695 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ void choose_first_zoom(long long *file_bbox, struct reader *reader, unsigned *iz
 	}
 }
 
-int read_input(std::vector<source> &sources, char *fname, int &maxzoom, int minzoom, int basezoom, double basezoom_marker_width, sqlite3 *outdb, const char *outdir, std::set<std::string> *exclude, std::set<std::string> *include, int exclude_all, double droprate, int buffer, const char *tmpdir, double gamma, int read_parallel, int forcetable, const char *attribution, bool uses_gamma, long long *file_bbox, const char *description, bool guess_maxzoom, std::map<std::string, int> const *attribute_types) {
+int read_input(std::vector<source> &sources, char *fname, int &maxzoom, int minzoom, int basezoom, double basezoom_marker_width, sqlite3 *outdb, const char *outdir, std::set<std::string> *exclude, std::set<std::string> *include, int exclude_all, double droprate, int buffer, const char *tmpdir, double gamma, int read_parallel, int forcetable, const char *attribution, bool uses_gamma, long long *file_bbox, const char *description, bool guess_maxzoom, std::map<std::string, int> const *attribute_types, const char *pgm) {
 	int ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
 	struct reader reader[CPUS];
@@ -1600,6 +1600,9 @@ int read_input(std::vector<source> &sources, char *fname, int &maxzoom, int minz
 
 	if (indexpos == 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Did not read any valid geometries\n");
+		if (outdb != NULL) {
+			mbtiles_close(outdb, pgm);
+		}
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
@@ -1636,6 +1639,9 @@ int read_input(std::vector<source> &sources, char *fname, int &maxzoom, int minz
 
 		if (count == 0 && dist_count == 0) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Can't guess maxzoom (-zg) without at least two distinct feature locations\n");
+			if (outdb != NULL) {
+				mbtiles_close(outdb, pgm);
+			}
 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
 
@@ -2557,10 +2563,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 	long long file_bbox[4] = {UINT_MAX, UINT_MAX, 0, 0};
 
-	ret = read_input(sources, name ? name : out_mbtiles ? out_mbtiles : out_dir, maxzoom, minzoom, basezoom, basezoom_marker_width, outdb, out_dir, &exclude, &include, exclude_all, droprate, buffer, tmpdir, gamma, read_parallel, forcetable, attribution, gamma != 0, file_bbox, description, guess_maxzoom, &attribute_types);
+	ret = read_input(sources, name ? name : out_mbtiles ? out_mbtiles : out_dir, maxzoom, minzoom, basezoom, basezoom_marker_width, outdb, out_dir, &exclude, &include, exclude_all, droprate, buffer, tmpdir, gamma, read_parallel, forcetable, attribution, gamma != 0, file_bbox, description, guess_maxzoom, &attribute_types, argv[0]);
 
 	if (outdb != NULL) {
-		mbtiles_close(outdb, argv);
+		mbtiles_close(outdb, argv[0]);
 	}
 
 #ifdef MTRACE
diff --git a/mbtiles.cpp b/mbtiles.cpp
index ed9b6c9..ddaaf22 100644
--- a/mbtiles.cpp
+++ b/mbtiles.cpp
@@ -526,15 +526,15 @@ void mbtiles_write_metadata(sqlite3 *outdb, const char *outdir, const char *fnam
 	}
 }
 
-void mbtiles_close(sqlite3 *outdb, char **argv) {
+void mbtiles_close(sqlite3 *outdb, const char *pgm) {
 	char *err;
 
 	if (sqlite3_exec(outdb, "ANALYZE;", NULL, NULL, &err) != SQLITE_OK) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: ANALYZE failed: %s\n", argv[0], err);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: ANALYZE failed: %s\n", pgm, err);
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 	if (sqlite3_close(outdb) != SQLITE_OK) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: could not close database: %s\n", argv[0], sqlite3_errmsg(outdb));
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: could not close database: %s\n", pgm, sqlite3_errmsg(outdb));
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mbtiles.hpp b/mbtiles.hpp
index 2c7cd03..efc0a97 100644
--- a/mbtiles.hpp
+++ b/mbtiles.hpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void mbtiles_write_tile(sqlite3 *outdb, int z, int tx, int ty, const char *data,
 
 void mbtiles_write_metadata(sqlite3 *outdb, const char *outdir, const char *fname, int minzoom, int maxzoom, double minlat, double minlon, double maxlat, double maxlon, double midlat, double midlon, int forcetable, const char *attribution, std::map<std::string, layermap_entry> const &layermap, bool vector, const char *description);
 
-void mbtiles_close(sqlite3 *outdb, char **argv);
+void mbtiles_close(sqlite3 *outdb, const char *pgm);
 
 void aprintf(std::string *buf, const char *format, ...);
 
diff --git a/tile-join.cpp b/tile-join.cpp
index e43c64d..73ff74a 100644
--- a/tile-join.cpp
+++ b/tile-join.cpp
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	mbtiles_write_metadata(outdb, out_dir, name.c_str(), st.minzoom, st.maxzoom, st.minlat, st.minlon, st.maxlat, st.maxlon, st.midlat, st.midlon, 0, attribution.size() != 0 ? attribution.c_str() : NULL, layermap, true, description.c_str());
 
 	if (outdb != NULL) {
-		mbtiles_close(outdb, argv);
+		mbtiles_close(outdb, argv[0]);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/version.hpp b/version.hpp
index d426ced..3936e9f 100644
--- a/version.hpp
+++ b/version.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef VERSION_HPP
 #define VERSION_HPP
 
-#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.20.0\n"
+#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.20.1\n"
 
 #endif