diff --git a/daemon/unbound.c b/daemon/unbound.c
index b6491392b..c9a8cca5e 100644
--- a/daemon/unbound.c
+++ b/daemon/unbound.c
@@ -116,8 +116,10 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
 		fatal_exit("could not create event handling base");
 	front = listen_create(base, 0, NULL, port, do_ip4, do_ip6, 
 		do_udp, do_tcp, BUFSZ);
-	if(!front)
+	if(!front) {
+		comm_base_delete(base);
 		fatal_exit("could not create listening sockets");
+	}
 
 	log_info("Start of %s.", PACKAGE_STRING);
 
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index ffcfb1e0e..45ab70bab 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+26  January 2007: Wouter
+	- fixed memleak.
+
 25  January 2007: Wouter
 	- fixed lint so it may work on BSD.
 	- put license into header of every file.