diff include/poddlthread.h include/poddlthread.h
--- include/poddlthread.h
+++ include/poddlthread.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <memory>
 
 #include <configcontainer.h>
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ class poddlthread {
 	private:
 		void mkdir_p(const char * file);
 		download * dl;
-		std::ofstream *f;
+		std::shared_ptr<std::ofstream> f;
 		timeval tv1;
 		timeval tv2;
 		size_t bytecount;
diff --git a/src/poddlthread.cpp b/src/poddlthread.cpp
--- src/poddlthread.cpp
+++ src/poddlthread.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ poddlthread::poddlthread(download * dl_, newsbeuter::configcontainer * c) : dl(d
 }
 
 poddlthread::~poddlthread() {
-	delete f;
 }
 
 void poddlthread::operator()() {