diff --git a/src/framewin.c b/src/framewin.c
index 0ea9423..994f3af 100644
--- a/src/framewin.c
+++ b/src/framewin.c
@@ -400,9 +400,16 @@ void wFrameWindowUpdateBorders(WFrameWindow * fwin, int flags)
 
 	checkTitleSize(fwin);
 
-	allocFrameBorderPixel(fwin->colormap, WMGetColorRGBDescription(scr->frame_border_color), &fwin->border_pixel);
-	allocFrameBorderPixel(fwin->colormap, WMGetColorRGBDescription(scr->frame_focused_border_color), &fwin->focused_border_pixel);
-	allocFrameBorderPixel(fwin->colormap, WMGetColorRGBDescription(scr->frame_selected_border_color), &fwin->selected_border_pixel);
+	char *desc;
+	desc = WMGetColorRGBDescription(scr->frame_border_color);
+	allocFrameBorderPixel(fwin->colormap, desc, &fwin->border_pixel);
+	wfree(desc);
+	desc = WMGetColorRGBDescription(scr->frame_focused_border_color);
+	allocFrameBorderPixel(fwin->colormap, desc, &fwin->focused_border_pixel);
+	wfree(desc);
+	desc = WMGetColorRGBDescription(scr->frame_selected_border_color);
+	allocFrameBorderPixel(fwin->colormap, desc, &fwin->selected_border_pixel);
+	wfree(desc);
 
 	if (flags & WFF_SELECTED) {
 		if (fwin->selected_border_pixel)
diff --git a/src/wdefaults.c b/src/wdefaults.c
index e725564..9e08220 100644
--- a/src/wdefaults.c
+++ b/src/wdefaults.c
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ RImage *get_default_image(WScreen *scr)
 	if (!image)
 		wwarning(_("could not find default icon \"%s\""), path);
 
+	wfree(path);
+
 	/* Resize the icon to the wPreferences.icon_size size
 	 * usually this function will return early, because size is right */
 	image = wIconValidateIconSize(image, wPreferences.icon_size);
@@ -481,7 +483,10 @@ RImage *get_icon_image(WScreen *scr, const char *winstance, const char *wclass,
 	/* Get the file name of the image, using instance and class */
 	file_name = get_icon_filename(winstance, wclass, NULL, True);
 
-	return get_rimage_from_file(scr, file_name, max_size);
+	RImage *image = get_rimage_from_file(scr, file_name, max_size);
+	if (file_name)
+		wfree(file_name);
+	return image;
 }
 
 int wDefaultGetStartWorkspace(WScreen *scr, const char *instance, const char *class)