diff --git a/src/cfgparse.y b/src/cfgparse.y
index 6fa88279..ecfa6658 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.y
+++ b/src/cfgparse.y
@@ -1062,6 +1062,7 @@ font:
     {
         config.font = load_font($2, true);
         printf("font %s\n", $2);
+        free($2);
     }
     ;