diff --git a/source/compiler.c b/source/compiler.c
index 63d2022..fcaa6bd 100644
--- a/source/compiler.c
+++ b/source/compiler.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ void writeCompiler(Compiler* compiler, Node* node) {
 
 void freeCompiler(Compiler* compiler) {
 	freeLiteralArray(&compiler->literalCache);
-	FREE(unsigned char, compiler->bytecode);
+	FREE_ARRAY(unsigned char, compiler->bytecode, compiler->capacity);
 	compiler->bytecode = NULL;
 	compiler->capacity = 0;
 	compiler->count = 0;
diff --git a/source/interpreter.c b/source/interpreter.c
index 999e38b..4ab577a 100644
--- a/source/interpreter.c
+++ b/source/interpreter.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ void initInterpreter(Interpreter* interpreter) {
 }
 
 void freeInterpreter(Interpreter* interpreter) {
-	FREE_ARRAY(char, interpreter->bytecode, interpreter->length);
-
 	//since these are dynamically allocated, free them manually
 	for (int i = 0; i < interpreter->literalCache.count; i++) {
 		if (IS_ARRAY(interpreter->literalCache.literals[i]) || IS_DICTIONARY(interpreter->literalCache.literals[i]) || IS_TYPE(interpreter->literalCache.literals[i])) {
@@ -1016,4 +1014,7 @@ void runInterpreter(Interpreter* interpreter, unsigned char* bytecode, int lengt
 	}
 
 	execInterpreter(interpreter);
+
+	//free the bytecode immediately after use
+	FREE_ARRAY(unsigned char, interpreter->bytecode, interpreter->length);
 }
diff --git a/source/literal.c b/source/literal.c
index 8f8cba1..4885c4e 100644
--- a/source/literal.c
+++ b/source/literal.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ void printLiteralCustom(Literal literal, void (printFn)(const char*)) {
 
 void freeLiteral(Literal literal) {
 	if (IS_STRING(literal)) {
-		FREE_ARRAY(char, AS_STRING(literal), STRLEN(literal));
+		FREE_ARRAY(char, AS_STRING(literal), STRLEN(literal) + 1);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ void freeLiteral(Literal literal) {
 	// }
 
 	if (IS_IDENTIFIER(literal)) {
-		FREE_ARRAY(char, AS_IDENTIFIER(literal), STRLEN_I(literal));
+		FREE_ARRAY(char, AS_IDENTIFIER(literal), STRLEN_I(literal) + 1);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/source/memory.c b/source/memory.c
index 5b46930..c0bf3ca 100644
--- a/source/memory.c
+++ b/source/memory.c
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+static int allocatedMemoryCount = 0;
+
 void* reallocate(void* pointer, size_t oldSize, size_t newSize) {
+	allocatedMemoryCount -= oldSize;
+	allocatedMemoryCount += newSize;
+
 	if (newSize == 0) {
 		free(pointer);
 
@@ -22,3 +27,6 @@ void* reallocate(void* pointer, size_t oldSize, size_t newSize) {
 	return mem;
 }
 
+int getAllocatedMemoryCount() {
+	return allocatedMemoryCount;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/memory.h b/source/memory.h
index c988867..9f6b150 100644
--- a/source/memory.h
+++ b/source/memory.h
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 
 void* reallocate(void* pointer, size_t oldSize, size_t newSize);
 
+int getAllocatedMemoryCount();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/node.c b/source/node.c
index 5322c8c..8bc2acf 100644
--- a/source/node.c
+++ b/source/node.c
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ void freeNode(Node* node) {
 			freeLiteral(node->increment.identifier);
 		break;
 	}
+
+	FREE(Node, node);
 }
 
 void emitNodeLiteral(Node** nodeHandle, Literal literal) {
diff --git a/source/parser.c b/source/parser.c
index 44d5d14..9d51785 100644
--- a/source/parser.c
+++ b/source/parser.c
@@ -1301,6 +1301,7 @@ Node* scanParser(Parser* parser) {
 	if (parser->panic) {
 		synchronize(parser);
 		//return an error node for this iteration
+		freeNode(node);
 		node = ALLOCATE(Node, 1);
 		node->type = NODE_ERROR;
 	}
diff --git a/source/repl_main.c b/source/repl_main.c
index 166565c..4e077ce 100644
--- a/source/repl_main.c
+++ b/source/repl_main.c
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ void repl() {
 	initInterpreter(&interpreter);
 
 	for(;;) {
+		if (command.verbose) {
+			//print the used memory footprint
+			printf("%d  ", getAllocatedMemoryCount());
+		}
 		printf("> ");
 		fgets(input, size, stdin);