diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6b48d84..9ad51cb4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-openrc-0.1.tar.bz2
+openrc-*.tar.bz2
 .gdb_history
 .gdbinit
diff --git a/README b/README
index c9c0ebf5..2c61b0c0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ PREFIX=/usr/local
 
 We don't support building a static OpenRC with PAM.
 You may need to use PROGLDFLAGS=-Wl,-Bstatic on glibc instead of just -static.
+If you debug memory under valgrind, add -DDEBUG_MEMORY to your CPPFLAGS
+so that all malloc memory should be freed at exit.
 
 You can also brand OpenRC if you so wish like so
 BRANDING=\"Gentoo/$(uname -s)\"
diff --git a/src/rc/rc-misc.c b/src/rc/rc-misc.c
index d4b3ca08..27846382 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc-misc.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc-misc.c
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ static RC_STRINGLIST *rc_conf = NULL;
 
 extern char** environ;
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_MEMORY
 static void _free_rc_conf(void)
 {
 	rc_stringlist_free(rc_conf);
 }
+#endif
 
 char *rc_conf_value(const char *setting)
 {
@@ -74,7 +76,9 @@ char *rc_conf_value(const char *setting)
 
 	if (! rc_conf) {
 		rc_conf = rc_config_load(RC_CONF);
+#ifdef DEBUG_MEMORY
 		atexit(_free_rc_conf);
+#endif
 
 		/* Support old configs */
 		if (exists(RC_CONF_OLD)) {
diff --git a/src/rc/rc.c b/src/rc/rc.c
index e6472bdb..4fee7002 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc.c
@@ -137,8 +137,10 @@ static void clean_failed(void)
 static void cleanup(void)
 {
 	if (applet && strcmp(applet, "rc") == 0) {
+#ifdef DEBUG_MEMORY
 		RC_PID *p1 = LIST_FIRST(&service_pids);
 		RC_PID *p2;
+#endif
 
 		if (hook_out)
 			rc_plugin_run(hook_out, runlevel);
@@ -150,6 +152,16 @@ static void cleanup(void)
 			free(termios_orig);
 		}
 
+		/* Clean runlevel start, stop markers */
+		if (! rc_in_plugin && ! rc_in_logger) {
+			rmdir(RC_STARTING);
+			rmdir(RC_STOPPING);
+			clean_failed();
+
+			rc_logger_close();
+		}
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_MEMORY
 		while (p1) {
 			p2 = LIST_NEXT(p1, entries); 
 			free(p1);
@@ -162,17 +174,8 @@ static void cleanup(void)
 		rc_stringlist_free(types_n);
 		rc_stringlist_free(types_nua);
 		rc_deptree_free(deptree);
-
-		/* Clean runlevel start, stop markers */
-		if (! rc_in_plugin && ! rc_in_logger) {
-			rmdir(RC_STARTING);
-			rmdir(RC_STOPPING);
-			clean_failed();
-
-			rc_logger_close();
-		}
-
 		free(runlevel);
+#endif
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rc/runscript.c b/src/rc/runscript.c
index c04f967a..6dea2b2b 100644
--- a/src/rc/runscript.c
+++ b/src/rc/runscript.c
@@ -327,28 +327,29 @@ static void cleanup(void)
 			start_services(restart_services);
 	}
 
+	rc_plugin_unload();
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_MEMORY
 	rc_stringlist_free(types_b);
 	rc_stringlist_free(types_n);
 	rc_stringlist_free(types_nu);
 	rc_stringlist_free(types_nua);
 	rc_stringlist_free(types_m);
 	rc_stringlist_free(types_mua);
-	
-	rc_plugin_unload();
 	rc_deptree_free(deptree);
-
 	rc_stringlist_free(restart_services);
 	rc_stringlist_free(need_services);
 	rc_stringlist_free(use_services);
 	rc_stringlist_free(services);
 	rc_stringlist_free(applet_list);
 	rc_stringlist_free(tmplist);
-	free (ibsave);
+	free(ibsave);
 	free(service);
 	free(prefix);
 	free(runlevel);
+#endif
 
-	if (*mtime_test && ! rc_in_plugin)
+	if (*mtime_test && !rc_in_plugin)
 		unlink(mtime_test);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c b/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c
index e3673454..463983e4 100644
--- a/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c
+++ b/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c
@@ -116,13 +116,14 @@ static void free_schedulelist(void)
 	TAILQ_INIT(&schedule);
 }
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_MEMORY
 static void cleanup(void)
 {
 	free(changeuser);
 	free(nav);
-
 	free_schedulelist();
 }
+#endif
 
 static int parse_signal(const char *sig)
 {
@@ -609,7 +610,9 @@ int start_stop_daemon(int argc, char **argv)
 	unsigned int start_wait = 0;
 
 	TAILQ_INIT(&schedule);
+#ifdef DEBUG_MEMORY
 	atexit(cleanup);
+#endif
 
 	signal_setup(SIGINT, handle_signal);
 	signal_setup(SIGQUIT, handle_signal);