diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1ebbb6c031..6fa4d9342e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Thu Feb 15 15:47:46 IST 2007 Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
+
+	* qemud/conf.c: fix a couple of qemud_vm_def leaks
+
+	* driver.c: simplify qemudDomainDefine()
+	
 Wed Feb 14 17:01:24 EST 2007 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
 
 	* qemud/qemud.c: Ensure we create the main libvirt config
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ff95ff51c4..6a6a9cd928 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ Releases
    - Various internal cleanups (Mark McLoughlin, Richard Jones,
       Daniel Berrange, Karel Zak)
    - Bug fixes: avoid a crash in connect (Daniel Berrange), virsh args
-      parsing (Richard Jones), 
-      
+      parsing (Richard Jones)
    - Add support for QEmu and KVM virtualization (Daniel Berrange)
    - Add support for network configuration (Mark McLoughlin)
+   - Minor improvements: regression testing (Daniel Berrange), 
+      localization string updates
 
 
 0.1.11: Jan 22 2007:
diff --git a/qemud/conf.c b/qemud/conf.c
index 73fffbaae6..09940fe03d 100644
--- a/qemud/conf.c
+++ b/qemud/conf.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ void qemudFreeVMDef(struct qemud_vm_def *def) {
         net = net->next;
         free(prev);
     }
+    free(def);
 }
 
 void qemudFreeVM(struct qemud_vm *vm) {
@@ -1211,6 +1212,7 @@ struct qemud_vm *qemudLoadConfigXML(struct qemud_server *server,
     } else {
         if (!(vm = calloc(1, sizeof(struct qemud_vm)))) {
             qemudReportError(server, VIR_ERR_NO_MEMORY, "vm");
+            qemudFreeVMDef(def);
             return NULL;
         }
 
diff --git a/qemud/driver.c b/qemud/driver.c
index 13549fae4a..1e041ec095 100644
--- a/qemud/driver.c
+++ b/qemud/driver.c
@@ -490,13 +490,7 @@ int qemudDomainStart(struct qemud_server *server, struct qemud_vm *vm) {
 
 
 struct qemud_vm *qemudDomainDefine(struct qemud_server *server, const char *xml) {
-    struct qemud_vm *vm;
-
-    if (!(vm = qemudLoadConfigXML(server, NULL, xml, 1))) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return vm;
+    return qemudLoadConfigXML(server, NULL, xml, 1);
 }
 
 int qemudDomainUndefine(struct qemud_server *server, const unsigned char *uuid) {