diff --git a/vstgui/uidescription-scripting/detail/drawcontextobject.cpp b/vstgui/uidescription-scripting/detail/drawcontextobject.cpp
index 68aa31942..8c720dc6b 100644
--- a/vstgui/uidescription-scripting/detail/drawcontextobject.cpp
+++ b/vstgui/uidescription-scripting/detail/drawcontextobject.cpp
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ struct TransformMatrixScriptObject : ScriptObject
 	using TransformMatrixPtr = std::shared_ptr<CGraphicsTransform>;
 
 	TransformMatrixScriptObject (TransformMatrixPtr tm = std::make_shared<CGraphicsTransform> ())
+	: ScriptObject (new CScriptVar ("", SCRIPTVAR_OBJECT))
 	{
-		scriptVar = new CScriptVar ("", SCRIPTVAR_OBJECT);
 		scriptVar->addRef ();
 		scriptVar->setCustomData (tm);
 		addFunc ("concat"sv, [tm] (auto var) { concat (tm, var); }, {"transformMatrix"sv});
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ TJS::CScriptVar* makeTransformMatrixObject ()
 struct GradientScriptObject : ScriptObject
 {
 	GradientScriptObject (const SharedPointer<CGradient>& g, const IUIDescription* uiDesc)
+	: ScriptObject (new CScriptVar ("", SCRIPTVAR_OBJECT))
 	{
-		scriptVar = new CScriptVar ("", SCRIPTVAR_OBJECT);
 		scriptVar->addRef ();
 		scriptVar->setCustomData (g);
 
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ struct GradientScriptObject : ScriptObject
 struct GraphicsPathScriptObject : ScriptObject
 {
 	GraphicsPathScriptObject (const SharedPointer<CGraphicsPath>& p)
+	: ScriptObject (new CScriptVar ("", SCRIPTVAR_OBJECT))
 	{
-		scriptVar = new CScriptVar ("", SCRIPTVAR_OBJECT);
 		scriptVar->addRef ();
 		scriptVar->setCustomData (p);
 
diff --git a/vstgui/uidescription-scripting/tiny-js/TinyJS.cpp b/vstgui/uidescription-scripting/tiny-js/TinyJS.cpp
index 7e14f9072..80209b33f 100644
--- a/vstgui/uidescription-scripting/tiny-js/TinyJS.cpp
+++ b/vstgui/uidescription-scripting/tiny-js/TinyJS.cpp
@@ -884,7 +884,11 @@ void CScriptVarLink::replaceWith (CScriptVarLink* newVar)
 	if (newVar)
 		replaceWith (newVar->var);
 	else
-		replaceWith (new CScriptVar ());
+	{
+		auto v = new CScriptVar ();
+		replaceWith (v);
+		v->release ();
+	}
 }
 
 int CScriptVarLink::getIntName () const { return atoi (name.c_str ()); }
diff --git a/vstgui/uidescription-scripting/uiscripting.cpp b/vstgui/uidescription-scripting/uiscripting.cpp
index 6199b448b..e8abb62b3 100644
--- a/vstgui/uidescription-scripting/uiscripting.cpp
+++ b/vstgui/uidescription-scripting/uiscripting.cpp
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ struct ScriptContext::Impl : ViewListenerAdapter,
 							  [this] (CScriptVar* var) { log (var->getParameter ("obj"sv)); });
 
 		jsContext->addNative ("function makeTransformMatrix()", [] (CScriptVar* var) {
-			var->setReturnVar (makeTransformMatrixObject ());
+			auto tm = makeTransformMatrixObject ();
+			var->setReturnVar (tm);
+			tm->release ();
 		});
 	}