diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/transport/TFileTransport.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/transport/TFileTransport.cpp
index 3121b43..47dc328 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/transport/TFileTransport.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/transport/TFileTransport.cpp
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@
   eventInfo* toEnqueue = new eventInfo();
   toEnqueue->eventBuff_ = (uint8_t *)std::malloc((sizeof(uint8_t) * eventLen) + 4);
   if (toEnqueue->eventBuff_ == NULL) {
+    delete toEnqueue;
     throw std::bad_alloc();
   }
   // first 4 bytes is the event length
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/TransportTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/TransportTest.cpp
index d12e384..767e563 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/TransportTest.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/TransportTest.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
 template <class Transport_>
 class CoupledTransports {
  public:
+  virtual ~CoupledTransports() {}
   typedef Transport_ TransportType;
 
   CoupledTransports() : in(), out() {}