diff --git a/launcher/modplatform/flame/FlameAPI.cpp b/launcher/modplatform/flame/FlameAPI.cpp
index 66eba4ff3..485d67363 100644
--- a/launcher/modplatform/flame/FlameAPI.cpp
+++ b/launcher/modplatform/flame/FlameAPI.cpp
@@ -202,13 +202,12 @@ Task::Ptr FlameAPI::getFiles(const QStringList& fileIds, std::shared_ptr<QByteAr
     return netJob;
 }
 
-Task::Ptr FlameAPI::getFile(const QString& addonId, const QString& fileId, QByteArray* response) const
+Task::Ptr FlameAPI::getFile(const QString& addonId, const QString& fileId, std::shared_ptr<QByteArray>response) const
 {
     auto netJob = makeShared<NetJob>(QString("Flame::GetFile"), APPLICATION->network());
     netJob->addNetAction(
         Net::Download::makeByteArray(QUrl(QString("https://api.curseforge.com/v1/mods/%1/files/%2").arg(addonId, fileId)), response));
 
-    QObject::connect(netJob.get(), &NetJob::finished, [response] { delete response; });
     QObject::connect(netJob.get(), &NetJob::failed, [addonId, fileId] { qDebug() << "Flame API file failure" << addonId << fileId; });
 
     return netJob;