diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9b0ffda..2ed15d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "brcode"
-version = "1.4.2"
+version = "1.4.3"
 authors = ["Julia Naomi <jnboeira@outlook.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Crate to parse and emit BR Codes"
diff --git a/clj-brcode/test/clj_brcode/core_test.clj b/clj-brcode/test/clj_brcode/core_test.clj
index ec009fc..ed9a5f3 100644
--- a/clj-brcode/test/clj_brcode/core_test.clj
+++ b/clj-brcode/test/clj_brcode/core_test.clj
@@ -23,3 +23,22 @@
   (testing "biscuit is B8CE"
     (is (= (crc16-ccitt "biscuit") "B8CE"))
     (is (= (crc16-ccitt unchecked-code) "AD38"))))
+
+(deftest drop
+  (testing "access edn after a drop"
+    (let [e edn
+          resp (edn->brcode e)]
+      (is (= resp code))
+      (is (= 1 (get e :payload-version)))))
+  (testing "access code after crc16"
+    (let [uc unchecked-code
+          crc (crc16-ccitt uc)
+          code (str uc crc)
+          expect (str unchecked-code "AD38")]
+      (is (= code expect)))
+  )
+  (testing "access code after drop"
+    (let [c code
+          edn (brcode->edn c)]
+      (is (= 1 (get edn :payload-version)))
+      (is (= (subs c 0 2) "00")))))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libbrcode.dylib b/libbrcode.dylib
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..935d0a7
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diff --git a/libbrcode.so b/libbrcode.so
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49f9adf
Binary files /dev/null and b/libbrcode.so differ
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 488f090..83bc945 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use std::str;
 
 fn chars_to_string(pointer: *const c_char) -> String {
     let slice = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(pointer).to_bytes() };
+    drop(pointer);
     str::from_utf8(slice).unwrap().to_string()
 }
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ fn to_c_char(s: &str) -> *const c_char {
     let cs = CString::new(s.as_bytes()).unwrap();
     let ptr = cs.as_ptr();
     mem::forget(cs);
+    drop(s);
     ptr
 }
 
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ fn to_c_char(s: &str) -> *const c_char {
 pub extern "C" fn crc16_ccitt_from_message(message: *const c_char) -> *const c_char {
     let message_str = chars_to_string(message);
     let checksum = crc16_ccitt(&message_str);
+    drop(message_str);
     to_c_char(&checksum)
 }
 
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn crc16_ccitt_from_message(message: *const c_char) -> *const c_c
 pub extern "C" fn edn_from_brcode(edn: *const c_char) -> *const c_char {
     let edn_str = chars_to_string(edn);
     let brcode = str_to_brcode(&edn_str);
+    drop(edn);
     to_c_char(&edn_rs::to_string(brcode))
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn edn_from_brcode(edn: *const c_char) -> *const c_char {
 pub extern "C" fn edn_to_brcode(edn: *const c_char) -> *const c_char {
     let edn_str = chars_to_string(edn);
     let brcode: BrCode = edn_rs::from_str(&edn_str).unwrap();
-
+    drop(edn);
     to_c_char(&brcode_to_string(brcode))
 }
 
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn edn_to_svg_brcode(edn: *const c_char) -> *const c_char {
     let edn_str = chars_to_string(edn);
     let brcode: BrCode = edn_rs::from_str(&edn_str).unwrap();
     let svg = brcode.to_svg_standard_string();
-
+    drop(edn);
     to_c_char(&svg)
 }
 
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn edn_to_svg_file(edn: *const c_char, file_path: *const c_char)
     let edn_str = chars_to_string(edn);
     let file_path_str = chars_to_string(file_path);
     let brcode: BrCode = edn_rs::from_str(&edn_str).unwrap();
+    drop(edn); drop(file_path);
     brcode.to_standard_svg_file(&file_path_str);
 }
 
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn edn_to_svg_file(edn: *const c_char, file_path: *const c_char)
 pub extern "C" fn json_from_brcode(json: *const c_char) -> *const c_char {
     let json_str = chars_to_string(json);
     let brcode = str_to_brcode(&json_str);
+    drop(json);
     to_c_char(&serde_json::to_string(&brcode).unwrap_or_else(|_| "error".to_string()))
 }
 
@@ -95,7 +101,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn json_from_brcode(json: *const c_char) -> *const c_char {
 pub extern "C" fn json_to_brcode(json: *const c_char) -> *const c_char {
     let json_str = chars_to_string(json);
     let brcode: BrCode = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).unwrap();
-
+    drop(json);
     to_c_char(&brcode_to_string(brcode))
 }
 
@@ -104,7 +110,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn json_to_svg_brcode(json: *const c_char) -> *const c_char {
     let json_str = chars_to_string(json);
     let brcode: BrCode = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).unwrap();
     let svg = brcode.to_svg_standard_string();
-
+    drop(json);
     to_c_char(&svg)
 }
 
@@ -113,5 +119,6 @@ pub extern "C" fn json_to_svg_file(json: *const c_char, file_path: *const c_char
     let json_str = chars_to_string(json);
     let file_path_str = chars_to_string(file_path);
     let brcode: BrCode = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).unwrap();
+    drop(json); drop(file_path);
     brcode.to_standard_svg_file(&file_path_str);
 }