diff --git a/source/libublsettings-gtk3.c b/source/libublsettings-gtk3.c
index 4f0a552..89ef2a1 100644
--- a/source/libublsettings-gtk3.c
+++ b/source/libublsettings-gtk3.c
@@ -1441,6 +1441,7 @@ config_str yon_resource_open_file(const char *path, int *size){
     gsize sz;
     GFile *file = g_file_new_for_uri(path);
     g_file_load_contents(file,NULL,&modules,&sz,NULL,NULL);
+    g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(file));
     parsed = yon_char_parse(modules,size,"\n");
     return parsed;
 }