diff --git a/viewer/svutil.cpp b/viewer/svutil.cpp
index ae47e21bda..c41bf04093 100644
--- a/viewer/svutil.cpp
+++ b/viewer/svutil.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ void SVSync::StartProcess(const char* executable, const char* args) {
     }
     argv[argc] = NULL;
     execvp(executable, argv);
+    free(argv[0]);
+    free(argv[1]);
+    delete[] argv;
   }
 #endif
 }