diff --git a/src/ship.c b/src/ship.c
index 780a38a..c819b56 100644
--- a/src/ship.c
+++ b/src/ship.c
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ void ships_free(void) {
   for(i = 0; i < ships; i++) {
     // Free stored strings.
     if((ship_stack+i)->name) free(ship_stack[i].name);
+		if((ship_stack+i)->description) free(ship_stack[i].description);
     if((ship_stack+i)->gui) free(ship_stack[i].gui);
     so = (ship_stack+i)->outfit;
     while(so) { // free the ship outfit.