diff --git a/src/modules/startmanager/startmanager.cpp b/src/modules/startmanager/startmanager.cpp
index f0dba50..3f56ceb 100644
--- a/src/modules/startmanager/startmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/startmanager/startmanager.cpp
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ bool StartManager::launch(DesktopInfo *info, QString cmdLine, uint32_t timestamp
     auto ret = wordexp(stdCmdLine.c_str(), &words, 0);
     if (ret != 0) {
         qCritical() << "wordexp failed, error code:" << ret;
+        wordfree(&words);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -437,6 +438,8 @@ bool StartManager::launch(DesktopInfo *info, QString cmdLine, uint32_t timestamp
         exeArgs << words.we_wordv[i];
     }
 
+    wordfree(&words);
+
     handleRecognizeArgs(exeArgs, files);
 
     if (info->getTerminal()) {