diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 0e5a89cae..63f808a32 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 D1X-Rebirth Changelog
 
+20100719
+--------
+misc/hmp.c: Did not close hmp after MIDI conversion which caused some unfree memory - fixed
+
 20100718
 --------
 SCsonstruct, d1x-rebirth.xcodeproj, arch/sdl/digi.c, arch/sdl/digi_mixer_music.c, include/cfile.h, include/hmp.h, include/hmp.c: Merged all HMP-related code into hmp.c/h; Also introduced new HMP to MIDI conversion functions based on JJFFE which use former Win32-related HMP-code - fixes some bugs in MIDI conversion and cleaner
diff --git a/misc/hmp.c b/misc/hmp.c
index e124f6950..142c0bd16 100644
--- a/misc/hmp.c
+++ b/misc/hmp.c
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 #define MIDIINT(x) SWAPINT(x)
 #define MIDISHORT(x) SWAPSHORT(x)
 #endif
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-void hmp_stop(hmp_file *hmp);
-#endif
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+void hmp_stop(hmp_file *hmp);
+#endif
 
 // READ/OPEN/CLOSE HMP
-
+
 void hmp_close(hmp_file *hmp)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -529,7 +529,10 @@ void hmp2mid(char *hmp_name, char *mid_name)
 		return;
 	mid = PHYSFSX_openWriteBuffered(mid_name);
 	if (mid == NULL)
+	{
+		hmp_close(hmp);
 		return;
+	}
 	// write MIDI-header
 	PHYSFS_write(mid, "MThd", 4, 1);
 	mi = MIDIINT(6);
@@ -556,5 +559,6 @@ void hmp2mid(char *hmp_name, char *mid_name)
 		cfseek(mid, 0, SEEK_END);
 	}
 
+	hmp_close(hmp);
 	cfclose(mid);
-}
+}