diff --git a/llama_cpp/utils.py b/llama_cpp/utils.py
index c14f53f..91d8fd6 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/utils.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/utils.py
@@ -3,36 +3,42 @@ import sys
 
 
 class suppress_stdout_stderr(object):
+    # NOTE: these must be "saved" here to avoid exceptions when using
+    #       this context manager inside of a __del__ method
+    open = open
+    sys = sys
+    os = os
+
     # Oddly enough this works better than the contextlib version
     def __enter__(self):
-        self.outnull_file = open(os.devnull, "w")
-        self.errnull_file = open(os.devnull, "w")
+        self.outnull_file = self.open(self.os.devnull, "w")
+        self.errnull_file = self.open(self.os.devnull, "w")
 
-        self.old_stdout_fileno_undup = sys.stdout.fileno()
-        self.old_stderr_fileno_undup = sys.stderr.fileno()
+        self.old_stdout_fileno_undup = self.sys.stdout.fileno()
+        self.old_stderr_fileno_undup = self.sys.stderr.fileno()
 
-        self.old_stdout_fileno = os.dup(sys.stdout.fileno())
-        self.old_stderr_fileno = os.dup(sys.stderr.fileno())
+        self.old_stdout_fileno = self.os.dup(self.sys.stdout.fileno())
+        self.old_stderr_fileno = self.os.dup(self.sys.stderr.fileno())
 
-        self.old_stdout = sys.stdout
-        self.old_stderr = sys.stderr
+        self.old_stdout = self.sys.stdout
+        self.old_stderr = self.sys.stderr
 
-        os.dup2(self.outnull_file.fileno(), self.old_stdout_fileno_undup)
-        os.dup2(self.errnull_file.fileno(), self.old_stderr_fileno_undup)
+        self.os.dup2(self.outnull_file.fileno(), self.old_stdout_fileno_undup)
+        self.os.dup2(self.errnull_file.fileno(), self.old_stderr_fileno_undup)
 
-        sys.stdout = self.outnull_file
-        sys.stderr = self.errnull_file
+        self.sys.stdout = self.outnull_file
+        self.sys.stderr = self.errnull_file
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, *_):
-        sys.stdout = self.old_stdout
-        sys.stderr = self.old_stderr
+        self.sys.stdout = self.old_stdout
+        self.sys.stderr = self.old_stderr
 
-        os.dup2(self.old_stdout_fileno, self.old_stdout_fileno_undup)
-        os.dup2(self.old_stderr_fileno, self.old_stderr_fileno_undup)
+        self.os.dup2(self.old_stdout_fileno, self.old_stdout_fileno_undup)
+        self.os.dup2(self.old_stderr_fileno, self.old_stderr_fileno_undup)
 
-        os.close(self.old_stdout_fileno)
-        os.close(self.old_stderr_fileno)
+        self.os.close(self.old_stdout_fileno)
+        self.os.close(self.old_stderr_fileno)
 
         self.outnull_file.close()
         self.errnull_file.close()