diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/logging.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/logging.cpp
index a71bfceacb3..bd6c5011261 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/logging.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/logging.cpp
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ LoggingItem::LoggingItem()
 LoggingItem::LoggingItem(const char *_file, const char *_function,
                          int _line, LogLevel_t _level, LoggingType _type) :
         m_threadId((uint64_t)(QThread::currentThreadId())),
-        m_line(_line), m_type(_type), m_level(_level), m_file(_file),
-        m_function(_function), m_threadName(NULL)
+        m_line(_line), m_type(_type), m_level(_level),
+        m_file(strdup(_file)), m_function(strdup(_function)), m_threadName(NULL)
 {
     loggingGetTimeStamp(&m_epoch, &m_usec);
 
@@ -153,6 +153,26 @@ LoggingItem::LoggingItem(const char *_file, const char *_function,
     refcount.ref();
 }
 
+LoggingItem::~LoggingItem()
+{
+    if (m_file)
+        free((void *)m_file);
+
+    if (m_function)
+        free((void *)m_function);
+
+    if (m_threadName)
+        free(m_threadName);
+
+    if (m_appName)
+        free((void *)m_appName);
+
+    if (m_table)
+        free((void *)m_table);
+
+    if (m_logFile)
+        free((void *)m_logFile);
+}
 
 QByteArray LoggingItem::toByteArray(void)
 {
@@ -176,8 +196,8 @@ char *LoggingItem::getThreadName(void)
 
     QMutexLocker locker(&logThreadMutex);
     char *name = logThreadHash.value(m_threadId, (char *)unknown);
-    m_threadName = name;
-    return name;
+    m_threadName = strdup(name);
+    return m_threadName;
 }
 
 /// \brief Get the thread ID of the thread that produced the LoggingItem
@@ -664,8 +684,6 @@ void LoggingItem::deleteItem(void)
 {
     if (!refcount.deref())
     {
-        if (m_threadName)
-            free(m_threadName);
         item_count.deref();
         this->deleteLater();
     }
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/logging.h b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/logging.h
index bb9fa2a2efe..998d5050f62 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/logging.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/logging.h
@@ -106,19 +106,19 @@ class LoggingItem: public QObject
     void setLevel(const int val)            { m_level = (LogLevel_t)val; };
     void setFacility(const int val)         { m_facility = val; };
     void setEpoch(const qlonglong val)      { m_epoch = val; };
-    void setFile(const QString val)
+    void setFile(const QString &val)
             { m_file = strdup(val.toLocal8Bit().constData()); };
-    void setFunction(const QString val)
+    void setFunction(const QString &val)
             { m_function = strdup(val.toLocal8Bit().constData()); };
-    void setThreadName(const QString val)
+    void setThreadName(const QString &val)
             { m_threadName = strdup(val.toLocal8Bit().constData()); };
-    void setAppName(const QString val)
+    void setAppName(const QString &val)
             { m_appName = strdup(val.toLocal8Bit().constData()); };
-    void setTable(const QString val)
+    void setTable(const QString &val)
             { m_table = strdup(val.toLocal8Bit().constData()); };
-    void setLogFile(const QString val)
+    void setLogFile(const QString &val)
             { m_logFile = strdup(val.toLocal8Bit().constData()); };
-    void setMessage(const QString val)        
+    void setMessage(const QString &val)        
     {
         strncpy(m_message, val.toLocal8Bit().constData(), LOGLINE_MAX);
         m_message[LOGLINE_MAX] = '\0';
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ class LoggingItem: public QObject
     LoggingItem();
     LoggingItem(const char *_file, const char *_function,
                 int _line, LogLevel_t _level, LoggingType _type);
+    ~LoggingItem();
 };
 
 /// \brief The logging thread that consumes the logging queue and dispatches
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/loggingserver.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/loggingserver.cpp
index 05053568f52..a71a85e24e7 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/loggingserver.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythbase/loggingserver.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ LoggerBase::~LoggerBase()
 /// \brief FileLogger constructor
 /// \param filename Filename of the logfile.
 FileLogger::FileLogger(const char *filename) :
-        LoggerBase(filename), m_opened(false), m_fd(-1)
+        LoggerBase(filename), m_opened(false), m_fd(-1), m_zmqSock(NULL)
 {
     m_fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_APPEND, 0664);
     m_opened = (m_fd != -1);
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ void FileLogger::setupZMQSocket(void)
 #ifndef _WIN32
 /// \brief SyslogLogger constructor
 /// \param facility Syslog facility to use in logging
-SyslogLogger::SyslogLogger() : LoggerBase(NULL), m_opened(false)
+SyslogLogger::SyslogLogger() : 
+    LoggerBase(NULL), m_opened(false), m_zmqSock(NULL)
 {
     openlog(NULL, LOG_NDELAY, 0 );
     m_opened = true;
@@ -308,7 +309,8 @@ void SyslogLogger::setupZMQSocket(void)
 
 // Windows doesn't have syslog support
 
-SyslogLogger::SyslogLogger() : LoggerBase(NULL), m_opened(false)
+SyslogLogger::SyslogLogger() :
+    LoggerBase(NULL), m_opened(false), m_zmqSock(NULL)
 {
 }
 
@@ -333,7 +335,8 @@ const int DatabaseLogger::kMinDisabledTime = 1000;
 /// \brief DatabaseLogger constructor
 /// \param table C-string of the database table to log to
 DatabaseLogger::DatabaseLogger(const char *table) :
-    LoggerBase(table), m_opened(false), m_loggingTableExists(false)
+    LoggerBase(table), m_opened(false), m_loggingTableExists(false),
+    m_zmqSock(NULL)
 {
     m_query = QString(
         "INSERT INTO %1 "