diff --git a/openbr/plugins/stream.cpp b/openbr/plugins/stream.cpp
index 8407c36..b11016c 100644
--- a/openbr/plugins/stream.cpp
+++ b/openbr/plugins/stream.cpp
@@ -347,10 +347,11 @@ public:
         }
 
         // first 4 bytes store 0xEDFE, next 24 store 'Norpix seq  '
-        char *firstFour = new char[4], *nextTwentyFour;
+        char firstFour[4];
         seqFile.seekg(0, ios::beg);
         seqFile.read(firstFour, 4);
-        nextTwentyFour = readText(24);
+        char nextTwentyFour[24];
+        readText(24, nextTwentyFour);
         if (firstFour[0] != (char)0xED || firstFour[1] != (char)0xFE || strncmp(nextTwentyFour, "Norpix seq", 10) != 0) {
             qDebug("Invalid header in seq file");
             return false;
@@ -363,7 +364,8 @@ public:
             qDebug("Invalid header size");
             return false;
         }
-        char *desc = readText(512);
+        char desc[512];
+        readText(512, desc);
         basis.file.set("Description", QString(desc));
 
         width = readInt();
@@ -414,9 +416,9 @@ public:
                 // but there might be 16 extra bytes instead of 8...
                 if (i == 1) {
                     seqFile.seekg(s, ios::beg);
-                    char *zero = new char[1];
-                    seqFile.read(zero, 1);
-                    if (zero[0] == 0) {
+                    char zero;
+                    seqFile.read(&zero, 1);
+                    if (zero == 0) {
                         s += 8;
                         extra += 8;
                     }
@@ -498,14 +500,13 @@ private:
     // apparently the text in seq files is 16 bit characters (UTF-16?)
     // since we don't really need the last byte, snad since it gets interpreted as
     // a terminating char, let's just grab the first byte for storage
-    char* readText(int bytes)
+    void readText(int bytes, char * buffer)
     {
-        char *text = new char[bytes], *ret = new char[bytes/2];
-        seqFile.read(text, bytes);
+        seqFile.read(buffer, bytes);
         for (int i=0; i<bytes; i+=2) {
-            ret[i/2] = text[i];
+            buffer[i/2] = buffer[i];
         }
-        return ret;
+        buffer[bytes/2] = '\0';
     }
 
 protected: