diff --git a/src/prosodydisplay.cpp b/src/prosodydisplay.cpp
index 36e64c9e..e25fba96 100644
--- a/src/prosodydisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/prosodydisplay.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright (C) 2005 to 2014 by Jonathan Duddington                     *
  *   email: jonsd@users.sourceforge.net                                    *
+ *   Copyright (C) 2015 by Reece H. Dunn                                   *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
@@ -106,7 +107,10 @@ void ReadPhondataManifest()
     }
 
     if((manifest = (NAMETAB *)realloc(manifest, n_lines * sizeof(NAMETAB))) == NULL)
+    {
+        fclose(f);
         return;
+    }
 
     n_manifest = 0;
     while(fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f) != NULL)