diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1e38b3b38..41a8a1dac 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: ranger
 Type: Package
 Title: A Fast Implementation of Random Forests
-Version: 0.10.0
+Version: 0.10.1
 Date: 2018-05-29
 Author: Marvin N. Wright [aut, cre], Stefan Wager [ctb], Philipp Probst [ctb]
 Maintainer: Marvin N. Wright <cran@wrig.de>
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f469b4fc7..bfaabdbbd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+##### Version 0.10.1
+* Bug fixes
+
 ##### Version 0.10.0
 * Change license of C++ core to MIT (R package is still GPL3)
 * Better 'order' mode for unordered factors for multiclass and survival
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a1cb37502..298dda28e 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+##### Version 0.10.1
+* Bug fixes
+
 ##### Version 0.10.0
 * New CRAN version
 
diff --git a/cpp_version/src/version.h b/cpp_version/src/version.h
index 66d84abc8..c39353679 100644
--- a/cpp_version/src/version.h
+++ b/cpp_version/src/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #ifndef RANGER_VERSION
-#define RANGER_VERSION "0.10.0"
+#define RANGER_VERSION "0.10.1"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/rangerCpp.cpp b/src/rangerCpp.cpp
index 4292a53e8..cccd7724c 100644
--- a/src/rangerCpp.cpp
+++ b/src/rangerCpp.cpp
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ Rcpp::List rangerCpp(uint treetype, std::string dependent_variable_name, Rcpp::N
       }
       result.push_back(forest_object, "forest");
     }
+    
+    if (!verbose) {
+      delete verbose_out;
+    }
   } catch (std::exception& e) {
     if (strcmp(e.what(), "User interrupt.") != 0) {
       Rcpp::Rcerr << "Error: " << e.what() << " Ranger will EXIT now." << std::endl;