diff --git a/engine/server/library/serverDatabase/src/shared/Persister.cpp b/engine/server/library/serverDatabase/src/shared/Persister.cpp
index a10784cf..00504d0c 100755
--- a/engine/server/library/serverDatabase/src/shared/Persister.cpp
+++ b/engine/server/library/serverDatabase/src/shared/Persister.cpp
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ void Persister::saveCompleted(Snapshot *completedSnapshot)
 	if (i!=m_savingSnapshots.end())
 	{
 		m_savingSnapshots.erase(i, m_savingSnapshots.end());
+        delete (*i);
 
 		if (m_savingSnapshots.empty() && ConfigServerDatabase::getReportSaveTimes())
 		{
@@ -636,6 +637,7 @@ void Persister::saveCompleted(Snapshot *completedSnapshot)
 		SnapshotListType::iterator j=std::remove(m_savingCharacterSnapshots.begin(),m_savingCharacterSnapshots.end(),completedSnapshot);
 DEBUG_FATAL(i==m_savingCharacterSnapshots.end(),("Programmer bug:  SaveCompleted() called with a snapshot that wasn't in m_savingSnapshots or m_savingCharacterSnapshots."));
 		m_savingCharacterSnapshots.erase(j, m_savingCharacterSnapshots.end());
+        delete (*j);
 		DEBUG_REPORT_LOG(ConfigServerDatabase::getReportSaveTimes(),("New character save completed\n"));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/engine/server/library/serverDatabase/src/shared/TaskSaveSnapshot.cpp b/engine/server/library/serverDatabase/src/shared/TaskSaveSnapshot.cpp
index c57880c0..4207b8b1 100755
--- a/engine/server/library/serverDatabase/src/shared/TaskSaveSnapshot.cpp
+++ b/engine/server/library/serverDatabase/src/shared/TaskSaveSnapshot.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ void TaskSaveSnapshot::onComplete()
 {
 	m_snapshot->saveCompleted();
 	Persister::getInstance().saveCompleted(m_snapshot);
-	delete m_snapshot;
-	m_snapshot = nullptr; // just in case some brilliant SOE BS uses it again somewhere before this class object is nuked
 }
 
 // ======================================================================