diff --git a/EU4toV2/Source/V2World/V2World.cpp b/EU4toV2/Source/V2World/V2World.cpp
index 0bb56da06..980e74f42 100644
--- a/EU4toV2/Source/V2World/V2World.cpp
+++ b/EU4toV2/Source/V2World/V2World.cpp
@@ -635,14 +635,14 @@ void V2World::convertDiplomacy(const EU4World& sourceWorld, const CountryMapping
 		V2Relations* r1 = country1->second->getRelations(V2Tag2);
 		if (!r1)
 		{
-			V2Relations* newRelation = new V2Relations(V2Tag2);
-			country1->second->addRelation(newRelation);
+			r1 = new V2Relations(V2Tag2);
+			country1->second->addRelation(r1);
 		}
 		V2Relations* r2 = country2->second->getRelations(V2Tag1);
 		if (!r2)
 		{
-			V2Relations* newRelation = new V2Relations(V2Tag1);
-			country2->second->addRelation(newRelation);
+			r2 = new V2Relations(V2Tag1);
+			country2->second->addRelation(r2);
 		}
 
 		if (itr->type == "is_colonial")