diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 04844e2f2..2a2b680c7 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1173,6 +1173,8 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   if (user_options_init (hashcat_ctx) == -1)
   {
+    hashcat_destroy (hashcat_ctx);
+
     hcfree (hashcat_ctx);
 
     return -1;
@@ -1182,6 +1184,10 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   if (user_options_getopt (hashcat_ctx, argc, argv) == -1)
   {
+    user_options_destroy (hashcat_ctx);
+
+    hashcat_destroy (hashcat_ctx);
+
     hcfree (hashcat_ctx);
 
     return -1;
@@ -1189,6 +1195,10 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   if (user_options_sanity (hashcat_ctx) == -1)
   {
+    user_options_destroy (hashcat_ctx);
+
+    hashcat_destroy (hashcat_ctx);
+
     hcfree (hashcat_ctx);
 
     return -1;
@@ -1213,6 +1223,10 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
   {
     printf ("%s\n", VERSION_TAG);
 
+    user_options_destroy (hashcat_ctx);
+
+    hashcat_destroy (hashcat_ctx);
+
     hcfree (hashcat_ctx);
 
     return 0;