diff --git a/src/jac/features/moduleLoaderFeature.h b/src/jac/features/moduleLoaderFeature.h
index b3131959..903a0250 100644
--- a/src/jac/features/moduleLoaderFeature.h
+++ b/src/jac/features/moduleLoaderFeature.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class ModuleLoaderFeature : public Next {
         meta.set("url", filename);
         meta.set("main", false);
 
+        JS_FreeValue(ctx, val);
+
         return mdl;
     }