diff --git a/ui.c b/ui.c
index 70414eb..b05c852 100644
--- a/ui.c
+++ b/ui.c
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ void uiDestroy(UIContext *ui) {
 
 int uiLoadGame(UIContext *ui, const char *path) {
     FILE *file = fopen(path, "rb");
-    uint8_t *rom;
+    uint8_t *rom = NULL;
     long fileSize;
     uint32_t romSize;
+    int result;
 
     if (!file) {
         perror("could not open file");
@@ -57,36 +58,44 @@ int uiLoadGame(UIContext *ui, const char *path) {
 
     if (fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END)) {
         perror("could not seek file end");
-        return -1;
+        goto close_file;
     }
     fileSize = ftell(file);
     if (fileSize == -1) {
         perror("could not read file size");
-        return -1;
+        goto close_file;
     }
     if (fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET)) {
         perror("could not seek file start");
-        return -1;
+        goto close_file;
     }
     romSize = (uint32_t) fileSize;
 
     rom = malloc(romSize);
     if (!rom) {
         perror("could not allocate ROM");
-        return -1;
+        goto close_file;
     }
     fread(rom, 1, romSize, file);
     if (ferror(file)) {
         perror("could not read file");
-        return -1;
+        goto free_rom;
     }
-    if (fclose(file)) {
+    result = fclose(file);
+    file = NULL;
+    if (result) {
         perror("could not close file");
-        return -1;
+        goto free_rom;
     }
 
     emuLoadGame(&ui->emu, rom, romSize);
     return 0;
+
+free_rom:
+    free(rom);
+close_file:
+    if (file) fclose(file);
+    return -1;
 }
 
 static const char *MENU_ITEMS[4] = {