diff --git a/src/specials.cc b/src/specials.cc
index 73bd2a22..d8ac8b0d 100644
--- a/src/specials.cc
+++ b/src/specials.cc
@@ -521,12 +521,16 @@ void new_graph(struct text_object *obj, char *buf, int buf_max_size, double val)
 			/* initialize */
 			std::fill_n(graph, s->graph_width, 0.0);
 			s->scale = 100;
-		} else {
+                } else if (graph) {
 			if (s->graph_width > s->graph_allocated) {
 				/* initialize the new region */
 				std::fill(graph + s->graph_allocated, graph + s->graph_width, 0.0);
 			}
-		}
+                } else {
+                    DBGP("reallocing FAILED");
+                    graph = s->graph;
+                    s->graph_width = s->graph_allocated;
+                }
 		s->graph = graph;
 		s->graph_allocated = s->graph_width;
 	}
diff --git a/src/template.cc b/src/template.cc
index 17d63b12..98b9f682 100644
--- a/src/template.cc
+++ b/src/template.cc
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ static char *backslash_escape(const char *src, char **templates, unsigned int te
 		}
 		p++;
 	}
-	src_dup[dup_idx] = '\0';
-	src_dup = (char*) realloc(src_dup, (strlen(src_dup) + 1) * sizeof(char));
+	src_dup[dup_idx++] = '\0';
+	src_dup = (char*) realloc(src_dup, dup_idx * sizeof(char));
 	return src_dup;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/x11.cc b/src/x11.cc
index 682c8d72..216fe22e 100644
--- a/src/x11.cc
+++ b/src/x11.cc
@@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ static void update_workarea(void)
 	workarea[0] = ps->x_org;
 	workarea[1] = ps->y_org;
 	workarea[2] = workarea[0] + ps->width;
-	workarea[3] = workarea[1] + ps->height;
+        workarea[3] = workarea[1] + ps->height;
+        XFree(si);
 
 	DBGP("Fixed xinerama area to: %d %d %d %d", 
 		workarea[0], workarea[1], workarea[2], workarea[3]);