diff --git a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/utils/render/PlayerHeadTexture.java b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/utils/render/PlayerHeadTexture.java
index 94c0b47524..34a451889d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/utils/render/PlayerHeadTexture.java
+++ b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/utils/render/PlayerHeadTexture.java
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
 import org.lwjgl.BufferUtils;
 import org.lwjgl.stb.STBImage;
 import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryStack;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
 
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.IntBuffer;
 
@@ -65,8 +67,8 @@ public PlayerHeadTexture(String url) {
     }
 
     public PlayerHeadTexture() {
-        try {
-            ByteBuffer data = TextureUtil.readResource(mc.getResourceManager().getResource(new MeteorIdentifier("textures/steve.png")).get().getInputStream());
+        try (InputStream inputStream = mc.getResourceManager().getResource(new MeteorIdentifier("textures/steve.png")).get().getInputStream()) {
+            ByteBuffer data = TextureUtil.readResource(inputStream);
             data.rewind();
 
             try (MemoryStack stack = MemoryStack.stackPush()) {
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ public PlayerHeadTexture() {
                 upload(image);
                 STBImage.stbi_image_free(image);
             }
+            MemoryUtil.memFree(data);
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();