diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 167faec1..0e55a478 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 getdns*.tar.gz
 *.o
+*.so
 .*.swp
 .deps/
 .libs/
diff --git a/src/libgetdns.so b/src/libgetdns.so
deleted file mode 100755
index 6cd91f31..00000000
Binary files a/src/libgetdns.so and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/request-internal.c b/src/request-internal.c
index 167e5721..555a549e 100644
--- a/src/request-internal.c
+++ b/src/request-internal.c
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ void dns_req_free(getdns_dns_req* req) {
     getdns_network_req *net_req = NULL;
     getdns_context_t context = req->context;
 
+    /* free extensions */
+    getdns_dict_destroy(req->extensions);
+
     /* free network requests */
     net_req = req->first_req;
     while (net_req) {