diff --git a/i3bar/src/xcb.c b/i3bar/src/xcb.c
index 60821167..590515a7 100644
--- a/i3bar/src/xcb.c
+++ b/i3bar/src/xcb.c
@@ -1488,6 +1488,8 @@ void clean_xcb(void) {
     FREE_SLIST(outputs, i3_output);
     FREE(outputs);
 
+    free_font();
+
     xcb_free_cursor(xcb_connection, cursor);
     xcb_flush(xcb_connection);
     xcb_aux_sync(xcb_connection);