diff --git a/include/x11/xresources.hpp b/include/x11/xresources.hpp
index 5e132f9e..194bca28 100644
--- a/include/x11/xresources.hpp
+++ b/include/x11/xresources.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class xresource_manager {
   static make_type make();
 
   explicit xresource_manager();
+  ~xresource_manager();
 
   string get_string(string name, string fallback = "") const;
   float get_float(string name, float fallback = 0.0f) const;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ class xresource_manager {
   string load_value(const string& key, const string& res_type, size_t n) const;
 
  private:
-  char* m_manager = nullptr;
+  char* m_manager{nullptr};
   XrmDatabase m_db;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/x11/xresources.cpp b/src/x11/xresources.cpp
index 7057ec06..d7e99769 100644
--- a/src/x11/xresources.cpp
+++ b/src/x11/xresources.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ xresource_manager::xresource_manager() {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Deconstruct instance
+ */
+xresource_manager::~xresource_manager() {
+  if (m_db != nullptr) {
+    XrmDestroyDatabase(m_db);
+  }
+  if (m_manager != nullptr) {
+    XFree(m_manager);
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Get string value from the X resource db
  */