diff --git a/examples/DeformableDemo/ClothFriction.cpp b/examples/DeformableDemo/ClothFriction.cpp
index 5ea2d8701..e2aa2c0b3 100644
--- a/examples/DeformableDemo/ClothFriction.cpp
+++ b/examples/DeformableDemo/ClothFriction.cpp
@@ -29,13 +29,16 @@
 class ClothFriction : public CommonRigidBodyBase
 {
     btAlignedObjectArray<btDeformableLagrangianForce*> m_forces;
+    btDeformableBodySolver* m_deformableBodySolver;
 public:
     ClothFriction(struct GUIHelperInterface* helper)
-    : CommonRigidBodyBase(helper)
+    : CommonRigidBodyBase(helper),
+        m_deformableBodySolver(0)
     {
     }
     virtual ~ClothFriction()
     {
+        
     }
     void initPhysics();
     
@@ -94,14 +97,14 @@ void ClothFriction::initPhysics()
     m_dispatcher = new btCollisionDispatcher(m_collisionConfiguration);
     
     m_broadphase = new btDbvtBroadphase();
-    btDeformableBodySolver* deformableBodySolver = new btDeformableBodySolver();
+    m_deformableBodySolver = new btDeformableBodySolver();
     
     ///the default constraint solver. For parallel processing you can use a different solver (see Extras/BulletMultiThreaded)
     btDeformableMultiBodyConstraintSolver* sol = new btDeformableMultiBodyConstraintSolver();
-    sol->setDeformableSolver(deformableBodySolver);
+    sol->setDeformableSolver(m_deformableBodySolver);
     m_solver = sol;
     
-    m_dynamicsWorld = new btDeformableMultiBodyDynamicsWorld(m_dispatcher, m_broadphase, sol, m_collisionConfiguration, deformableBodySolver);
+    m_dynamicsWorld = new btDeformableMultiBodyDynamicsWorld(m_dispatcher, m_broadphase, sol, m_collisionConfiguration, m_deformableBodySolver);
     btVector3 gravity = btVector3(0, -10, 0);
     m_dynamicsWorld->setGravity(gravity);
     getDeformableDynamicsWorld()->getWorldInfo().m_gravity = gravity;
@@ -240,6 +243,8 @@ void ClothFriction::exitPhysics()
     
     delete m_solver;
     
+    delete m_deformableBodySolver;
+
     delete m_broadphase;
     
     delete m_dispatcher;
diff --git a/src/BulletSoftBody/btSoftBody.cpp b/src/BulletSoftBody/btSoftBody.cpp
index f6812fd10..d14ef82dc 100644
--- a/src/BulletSoftBody/btSoftBody.cpp
+++ b/src/BulletSoftBody/btSoftBody.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,17 @@ static inline btDbvtNode* buildTreeBottomUp(btAlignedObjectArray<btDbvtNode*>& l
 			}
 		}
 		leafNodes = newLeafNodes;
-		adj = newAdj;
+		//this assignment leaks memory, the assignment doesn't do a deep copy, for now a manual copy
+		//adj = newAdj;
+		adj.clear();
+		adj.resize(newAdj.size());
+		for (int i = 0; i < newAdj.size(); i++)
+		{
+			for (int j = 0; j < newAdj[i].size(); j++)
+			{
+				adj[i].push_back(newAdj[i][j]);
+			}
+		}
 		N = leafNodes.size();
 	}
 	return leafNodes[0];