diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index b81b7d88..6cbda097 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -854,10 +854,10 @@ static void free_text_objects(struct text_object *root)
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_LUA
 			case OBJ_lua:
-				llua_close();
+				free(data.s);
 				break;
 			case OBJ_lua_bar:
-				llua_close();
+				free(data.s);
 				break;
 #endif
 			case OBJ_pre_exec:
@@ -4192,7 +4192,7 @@ static void generate_text_internal(char *p, int p_max_size,
 #ifdef X11
 			OBJ(lua_bar) {
 				int per;
-				if(llua_getpercent(strdup(obj->data.s), &per)) {
+				if(llua_getpercent(obj->data.s, &per)) {
 					new_bar(p, obj->a, obj->b, (per/100.0 * 255));
 				}
 			}
@@ -6646,6 +6646,10 @@ static void reload_config(void)
 	tcp_portmon_clear();
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LUA
+	llua_close();
+#endif
+
 	if (current_config) {
 		clear_fs_stats();
 		load_config_file(current_config);
@@ -6747,6 +6751,9 @@ static void clean_up(void)
 #ifdef RSS
 	free_rss_info();
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_LUA
+	llua_close();
+#endif
 
 	if (specials) {
 		unsigned int i;
diff --git a/src/llua.c b/src/llua.c
index f45bf1f4..ee930faf 100644
--- a/src/llua.c
+++ b/src/llua.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ void llua_init()
 void llua_load(const char *script)
 {
 	int error;
+	if(!lua_L) return;
 	error = luaL_loadfile(lua_L, script);
 	if(error) {
 		ERR("llua_load: %s", lua_tostring(lua_L, -1));