diff --git a/requests_html.py b/requests_html.py
index 7c5db74..f6ab3f5 100644
--- a/requests_html.py
+++ b/requests_html.py
@@ -665,13 +665,15 @@ class HTMLSession(requests.Session):
     def browser(self):
         if not hasattr(self, "_browser"):
             self.loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-
-            async def get_browser():
-                return await pyppeteer.launch(headless=True, args=['--no-sandbox'])
-
-            self._browser = self.loop.run_until_complete(get_browser())
+            self._browser = self.loop.run_until_complete(pyppeteer.launch(headless=True, args=['--no-sandbox']))
         return self._browser
 
+    def close(self):
+        """ If a browser was created close it first. """
+        if hasattr(self, "_browser"):
+            self.loop.run_until_complete(self._browser.close())
+        super().close()
+
 
 class AsyncHTMLSession(requests.Session):
     """ An async consumable session. """
diff --git a/tests/test_requests_html.py b/tests/test_requests_html.py
index 9a3291b..54d2ff9 100644
--- a/tests/test_requests_html.py
+++ b/tests/test_requests_html.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 from functools import partial
 
 import pytest
+import psutil
 from pyppeteer.browser import Browser
 from requests_html import HTMLSession, AsyncHTMLSession, HTML
 from requests_file import FileAdapter
@@ -29,6 +30,14 @@ def async_get(event_loop):
     return partial(async_session.get, url)
 
 
+def count_chromium_process():
+    process = 0
+    for proc in psutil.process_iter(attrs=['name']):
+        if proc.info["name"] == "Chromium":
+            process += 1
+    return process
+
+
 @pytest.mark.ok
 def test_file_get():
     r = get()
@@ -227,8 +236,15 @@ def test_bare_js_eval():
 
 @pytest.mark.ok
 def test_browser_session():
+    """ Test browser instaces is created and properly close when session is closed.
+        Note: session.close method need to be tested together with browser creation,
+            since no doing that will left the browser running. """
+    session = HTMLSession()
     assert isinstance(session.browser, Browser)
     assert hasattr(session, "loop") == True
+    assert count_chromium_process() == 2
+    session.close()
+    assert count_chromium_process() == 0
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':