diff --git a/src/parsedjson.cpp b/src/parsedjson.cpp
index a2c2375c..79734f10 100644
--- a/src/parsedjson.cpp
+++ b/src/parsedjson.cpp
@@ -38,12 +38,9 @@ bool ParsedJson::allocateCapacity(size_t len, size_t maxdepth) {
       std::cerr << "capacities must be non-zero " << std::endl;
       return false;
     }
-    if (len > 0) {
-      if ((len <= bytecapacity) && (depthcapacity < maxdepth)) {
-        return true;
-}
-      deallocate();
-    }
+    if ((len <= bytecapacity) && (depthcapacity < maxdepth))
+      return true;
+    deallocate();
     isvalid = false;
     bytecapacity = 0; // will only set it to len after allocations are a success
     n_structural_indexes = 0;
@@ -87,16 +84,11 @@ void ParsedJson::deallocate() {
     depthcapacity = 0;
     tapecapacity = 0;
     stringcapacity = 0;
-     {delete[] ret_address;
-}
-     {delete[] containing_scope_offset;
-}
-     {delete[] tape;
-}
-     {delete[] string_buf;
-}
-     {delete[] structural_indexes;
-}
+    delete[] ret_address;
+    delete[] containing_scope_offset;
+    delete[] tape;
+    delete[] string_buf;
+    delete[] structural_indexes;
     isvalid = false;
 }
 
@@ -108,8 +100,9 @@ void ParsedJson::init() {
 
 WARN_UNUSED
 bool ParsedJson::printjson(std::ostream &os) {
-    if(!isvalid) { return false;
-}
+    if(!isvalid) { 
+      return false;
+    }
     size_t tapeidx = 0;
     uint64_t tape_val = tape[tapeidx];
     uint8_t type = (tape_val >> 56);
@@ -138,16 +131,16 @@ bool ParsedJson::printjson(std::ostream &os) {
       if (!inobject[depth]) {
         if ((inobjectidx[depth] > 0) && (type != ']')) {
           os << ",";
-}
+        }
         inobjectidx[depth]++;
       } else { // if (inobject) {
         if ((inobjectidx[depth] > 0) && ((inobjectidx[depth] & 1) == 0) &&
             (type != '}')) {
           os << ",";
-}
+        }
         if (((inobjectidx[depth] & 1) == 1)) {
           os << ":";
-}
+        }
         inobjectidx[depth]++;
       }
       switch (type) {
@@ -158,14 +151,18 @@ bool ParsedJson::printjson(std::ostream &os) {
         break;
       case 'l': // we have a long int
         if (tapeidx + 1 >= howmany) {
+          delete[] inobject;
+          delete[] inobjectidx;
           return false;
-}
+        }
         os <<  static_cast<int64_t>(tape[++tapeidx]);
         break;
       case 'd': // we have a double
-        if (tapeidx + 1 >= howmany) {
+        if (tapeidx + 1 >= howmany){
+          delete[] inobject;
+          delete[] inobjectidx;
           return false;
-}
+        }
         double answer;
         memcpy(&answer, &tape[++tapeidx], sizeof(answer));
         os << answer;
@@ -249,14 +246,14 @@ bool ParsedJson::dump_raw_tape(std::ostream &os) {
       case 'l': // we have a long int
         if (tapeidx + 1 >= howmany) {
           return false;
-}
+        }
         os << "integer " << static_cast<int64_t>(tape[++tapeidx]) << "\n";
         break;
       case 'd': // we have a double
         os << "float ";
         if (tapeidx + 1 >= howmany) {
           return false;
-}
+        }
         double answer;
         memcpy(&answer, &tape[++tapeidx], sizeof(answer));
         os << answer << '\n';