diff --git a/launcher/src/charactersync.cpp b/launcher/src/charactersync.cpp
index 6ad3377..5d03ce5 100644
--- a/launcher/src/charactersync.cpp
+++ b/launcher/src/charactersync.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ QCoro::Task<void> CharacterSync::uploadCharacterData(const QDir &dir, const QStr
 
     zip->writeFile(gearsetFilename, data);
     zip->close();
+    delete zip;
 
     QMap<QString, QString> fileHashes;
     fileHashes[gearsetFilename] = QString::fromUtf8(QCryptographicHash::hash(data, QCryptographicHash::Algorithm::Sha256).toHex());
@@ -167,8 +168,9 @@ QCoro::Task<void> CharacterSync::downloadCharacterData(const QDir &dir, const QS
     qCDebug(ASTRA_LOG) << "Extracted character data!";
 
     zip->close();
+    delete zip;
 
     co_return;
 }
 
-#include "moc_charactersync.cpp"
\ No newline at end of file
+#include "moc_charactersync.cpp"