diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/CB3DJSONMeshFileLoader.cpp b/source/Irrlicht/CB3DJSONMeshFileLoader.cpp
index 6bb7f30f..2458c099 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/CB3DJSONMeshFileLoader.cpp
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/CB3DJSONMeshFileLoader.cpp
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ IAnimatedMesh* CB3DJSONMeshFileLoader::createMesh(io::IReadFile* file) {
   output[file->getSize()] = '\0';
 
   // We have to catch a JSON parse error or else the game will segfault.
+  json data;
   try {
     data = json::parse(output);
   } catch (const json::parse_error& e) {
diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/CB3DJSONMeshFileLoader.h b/source/Irrlicht/CB3DJSONMeshFileLoader.h
index c4bd0dba..c383f03b 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/CB3DJSONMeshFileLoader.h
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/CB3DJSONMeshFileLoader.h
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ class CB3DJSONMeshFileLoader : public IMeshLoader
 private:
   // Fields.
   CSkinnedMesh*	AnimatedMesh;
-  /*
-  Quick note about JSON.
-  This is static memory, it's a static memory address so I do not think
-  that this needs to be freed.
-  So once this model goes out of scope, I'm pretty sure that this will
-  be pointing to the next model. Or maybe the last model loaded.
-  */
-  json data;
 
   // Methods.
   void cleanUp(std::string);