diff --git a/sk1/compressor.c b/sk1/compressor.c
index fb25a49..6fa3bfc 100644
--- a/sk1/compressor.c
+++ b/sk1/compressor.c
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ void generateCodes(HuffmanNode* root, char* arr, int top, char** codes) {
         codes[root->data] = strdup(arr);
     }
 }
-
+void free_huffman_tree(Node* root) {
+    if (!root) return;
+    free_huffman_tree(root->left);
+    free_huffman_tree(root->right);
+    free(root);
+}
 // Function to compress a file
 int compress_1(const char* input_file, const char* output_file) {
     FILE* input = fopen(input_file, "rb");
@@ -216,6 +221,7 @@ int compress_1(const char* input_file, const char* output_file) {
 
     fclose(input);
     fclose(output);
+    free_huffman_tree(root);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -282,6 +288,6 @@ int decompress_1(const char* input_file_name, const char* output_file_name) {
 
     fclose(input);
     fclose(output);
-
+    free_huffman_tree(root);
     return 0;
 }