diff --git a/test.c b/test.c
index 23fca8c..4203efd 100644
--- a/test.c
+++ b/test.c
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ void test_prompt_encodings() {
     char* prompt4 = "Translate English to French:\n\n        sea otter => loutre de mer\n        peppermint => menthe poivrée\n        plush girafe => girafe peluche\n        cheese =>";
     int expected_tokens4[] = {1, 4103, 9632, 4223, 304, 5176, 29901, 13, 13, 4706, 7205, 4932, 357, 1149, 301, 449, 276, 316, 2778, 13, 4706, 1236, 407, 837, 524, 1149, 6042, 354, 772, 440, 29878, 1318, 13, 4706, 715, 1878, 330, 3055, 1725, 1149, 330, 3055, 1725, 4639, 28754, 13, 4706, 923, 968, 1149};
     test_prompt_encoding(&tokenizer, prompt4, expected_tokens4, sizeof(expected_tokens4) / sizeof(int));
+
+    // memory and file handles cleanup
+    free_tokenizer(&tokenizer);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {