diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
index c55a14d10..0d5ef7aae 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ void Application::stop()
 	mAuxService.stop();
 	mJobQueue.shutdown();
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LEVELDB
+	delete mHashNodeDB:
+	mHashNodeDB = NULL;
+#endif
+
 	cLog(lsINFO) << "Stopped: " << mIOService.stopped();
 	Instance::shutdown();
 }