diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ac498d..b04c520 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Flight Data Recorder
-
+ 
 ## Description
 
 The flight data recorder (fdr) is a daemon which enables ftrace probes,
diff --git a/fdrd.c b/fdrd.c
index a899110..0522f8a 100644
--- a/fdrd.c
+++ b/fdrd.c
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ read_config_file(const char *fpath, const struct stat *sb, int typeflag)
 	insp = malloc(sizeof(struct instance));
 	if (insp == NULL) {
 		perror("malloc");
+		fclose(f);
 		return 1;
 	}
 	insque(insp, &anchor);
@@ -714,6 +715,7 @@ read_config_file(const char *fpath, const struct stat *sb, int typeflag)
 			insp->ilast = itp;
 		}
 	}
+	fclose(f);
 	return 0;
 }