diff --git a/channels/chan_skinny.c b/channels/chan_skinny.c
index b25d492b92d33cca78a2bab826509676549bdbd6..6eb2c59029865adca37b2442871452591c22c378 100644
--- a/channels/chan_skinny.c
+++ b/channels/chan_skinny.c
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@ static int transmit_response(struct skinny_device *d, struct skinny_req *req)
 	memcpy(s->outbuf+skinny_header_size, &req->data, letohl(req->len));
 
 	res = write(s->fd, s->outbuf, letohl(req->len)+8);
-
+	
 	if (res != letohl(req->len)+8) {
 		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Transmit: write only sent %d out of %d bytes: %s\n", res, letohl(req->len)+8, strerror(errno));
 		if (res == -1) {
@@ -1862,6 +1862,7 @@ static int transmit_response(struct skinny_device *d, struct skinny_req *req)
 		
 	}
 	
+	ast_free(req);
 	ast_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -1963,9 +1964,11 @@ static void transmit_tone(struct skinny_device *d, int tone, int instance, int r
 		req->data.stoptone.reference = htolel(reference);
 	}
 
-	if (tone > 0) {
-		req->data.starttone.tone = htolel(tone);
-	}
+	//Bad, tone is already set so this is redundant and a change to the if above
+	//may lead to issues where we try to set a tone to a stop_tone_message
+	//if (tone > 0) {
+	//	req->data.starttone.tone = htolel(tone);
+	//}
 	transmit_response(d, req);
 }
 
@@ -2029,8 +2032,10 @@ static void transmit_displaymessage(struct skinny_device *d, const char *text, i
 		if (!(req = req_alloc(0, CLEAR_DISPLAY_MESSAGE)))
 			return;
 
-		req->data.clearpromptstatus.lineInstance = instance;
-		req->data.clearpromptstatus.callReference = reference;
+		//what do we want hear CLEAR_DISPLAY_MESSAGE or CLEAR_PROMPT_STATUS???
+		//if we are clearing the display, it appears there is no instance and refernece info (size 0)
+		//req->data.clearpromptstatus.lineInstance = instance;
+		//req->data.clearpromptstatus.callReference = reference;
 
 		if (skinnydebug)
 			ast_verb(1, "Clearing Display\n");
@@ -3549,6 +3554,7 @@ static int skinny_hangup(struct ast_channel *ast)
 		sub->rtp = NULL;
 	}
 	ast_mutex_unlock(&sub->lock);
+	ast_free(sub);
 	return 0;
 }