diff --git a/server/core/admin.cc b/server/core/admin.cc
index fc484dda4..4b1b37214 100644
--- a/server/core/admin.cc
+++ b/server/core/admin.cc
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ bool do_auth(MHD_Connection *connection, const char* url)
             MXS_INFO("Accept authentication from '%s', %s. Request: %s", user ? user : "",
                      pw ? "using password" : "no password", url);
         }
+        MXS_FREE(user);
+        MXS_FREE(pw);
     }
 
     return rval;
diff --git a/server/core/json_api.cc b/server/core/json_api.cc
index 23fa8f002..0ad24c4f7 100644
--- a/server/core/json_api.cc
+++ b/server/core/json_api.cc
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void mxs_json_add_relation(json_t* rel, const char* id, const char* type)
     json_t* obj = json_object();
     json_object_set_new(obj, CN_ID, json_string(id));
     json_object_set_new(obj, CN_TYPE, json_string(type));
-    json_array_append(data, obj);
+    json_array_append_new(data, obj);
 }
 
 static string grab_next_component(string* s)