diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e940df60..cc09b5a1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a12-167-g558ae5dc45+1
\ No newline at end of file
+a12-168-g5677117c0d+1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/src/option.c b/common/src/option.c
index 9a266db2..733dafe2 100644
--- a/common/src/option.c
+++ b/common/src/option.c
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ bool option_parse(int argc, char * argv[])
         break;
     }
 
+    free(arg);
+
     if (o->validator)
       if (!o->validator(&o->value))
       {