diff --git a/libraries/cimongo/Cimongo.php b/libraries/cimongo/Cimongo.php
index b5bad76..5fc8072 100644
--- a/libraries/cimongo/Cimongo.php
+++ b/libraries/cimongo/Cimongo.php
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-if (!defined('BASEPATH'))
-        exit('No direct script access allowed');
+if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
 require_once('Cimongo_cursor.php');
 require_once('Cimongo_extras.php');
 /**
@@ -10,12 +9,12 @@
  * A library to interact with the NoSQL database MongoDB.
  * For more information see http://www.mongodb.org
  *
- * @package		CodeIgniter
- * @author		Alessandro Arnodo | a.arnodo@gmail.com | @vesparny
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2012, Alessandro Arnodo.
- * @license		http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+ * @package	CodeIgniter
+ * @author      Alessandro Arnodo | a.arnodo@gmail.com | @vesparny
+ * @copyright   Copyright (c) 2012, Alessandro Arnodo.
+ * @license	http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
  * @link
- * @version		Version 1.1.0
+ * @version	Version 1.1.0
  *
  */
 
@@ -40,11 +39,12 @@ public function __construct() {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Fake close function so you can bind $this->db=$this->cimongo
+         * Fake close function so you can bind $this->db=$this->cimongo.
+         * NO LONGER A FAKE.
          *
          */
         public function close() {
-                
+                return $this->close_db();
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/libraries/cimongo/Cimongo_base.php b/libraries/cimongo/Cimongo_base.php
index bb9999b..c00e50a 100644
--- a/libraries/cimongo/Cimongo_base.php
+++ b/libraries/cimongo/Cimongo_base.php
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ private function connect(){
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 *
+	 */
+	private function close_db() {
+		$this->db	= NULL;
+        return $this->connection->close();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Create connection string
 	 *
diff --git a/libraries/cimongo/Cimongo_extras.php b/libraries/cimongo/Cimongo_extras.php
index 15f4cd7..15ed058 100644
--- a/libraries/cimongo/Cimongo_extras.php
+++ b/libraries/cimongo/Cimongo_extras.php
@@ -199,6 +199,50 @@ public function create_dbref($collection = "", $id = "", $database = FALSE ){
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+     * Utility function that generates a MongoID instance.
+     * Original inspiration from https://github.com/chuckcfs/CodeIgniter-MongoDB
+     *
+     * @param   string          The string representation of the desired ID object
+     * @return  MongoId
+     * @access  public
+     */
+    public function generate_id($id) {
+        return new MongoId($id);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Utility function to generate a 'MongoDate' object
+     * Original inspiration from https://github.com/chuckcfs/CodeIgniter-MongoDB
+     * 
+     * @param   mixed           Either a unix timestamp(int) or a string based date. Suggest format yyyy/mm/dd
+     * @return  MongoDate       The date object, access the 'sec' property for the timestamp
+     * @access  public
+     */
+    public function generate_date($param = null) {
+        if($param) {
+            is_string($param) ? $date = new MongoDate(strtotime($param)) : $date = new MongoDate($param);
+        } else {
+            $date = new MongoDate();
+        }
+        return $date;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Utility function to generate a 'MongoBinData' object to store a file as part of a document.
+     * You must pass the binary data of the file and not a file path.
+     * 
+     * @param   string          The content of the file to store
+     * @return  MongoBinData    A ready-to-store representation of the binary data
+     * @access  public
+     */
+    public function generate_bindata( $contents ) {
+        if(empty($contents)) {
+            show_error('You must provide the contents a file to this function', 500);
+        }
+        return new MongoBinData( $contents );
+    }
+
 	/**
 	 *	Get the documents where the value of a $field is greater than $x
 	 *  @since v1.0.0
@@ -437,4 +481,4 @@ public function rename_field($old, $new){
 		$this->updates['$rename'][] = array($old => $new);
 		return $this;
 	}
-}
+}