diff --git a/desktop_version/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/desktop_version/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 1073ecaa..a8fbcd77 100644
--- a/desktop_version/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/desktop_version/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ Contributors
 ------------
 
 * Christoph Böhmwalder (@chrboe)
+* Elijah Stone
 * Emmanuel Vadot (@evadot)
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/SoundSystem.cpp b/desktop_version/src/SoundSystem.cpp
index c0233573..ff7f4272 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/SoundSystem.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/SoundSystem.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ SoundTrack::SoundTrack(const char* fileName)
 	FILESYSTEM_loadFileToMemory(fileName, &mem, &length);
 	SDL_RWops *fileIn = SDL_RWFromMem(mem, length);
 	sound = Mix_LoadWAV_RW(fileIn, 1);
-	FILESYSTEM_freeMemory(&mem);
+	if (length)
+	{
+		FILESYSTEM_freeMemory(&mem);
+	}
 
 	if (sound == NULL)
 	{