diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Resource.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Resource.cpp
index f1956727f8..a13a5cc444 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Resource.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Resource.cpp
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ Resource::Size Resource::Sysmem::allocateMemory(Byte** dataAllocated, Size size)
     if (size > 0) {
         // Try allocating as much as the required size + one block of memory
         newSize = size;
-        (*dataAllocated) = new Byte[newSize];
-        // Failed?
-        if (!(*dataAllocated)) {
+        try {
+            (*dataAllocated) = new Byte[newSize];
+        } catch (const std::bad_alloc&) {
             qWarning() << "Buffer::Sysmem::allocate() : Can't allocate a system memory buffer of " << newSize << "bytes. Fails to create the buffer Sysmem.";
             return NOT_ALLOCATED;
         }
diff --git a/libraries/octree/src/Octree.cpp b/libraries/octree/src/Octree.cpp
index f4121d051f..b1e92e2140 100644
--- a/libraries/octree/src/Octree.cpp
+++ b/libraries/octree/src/Octree.cpp
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ int Octree::encodeTreeBitstream(OctreeElement* element,
         roomForOctalCode = packetData->startSubTree(newCode);
 
         if (newCode) {
-            delete newCode;
+            delete[] newCode;
             codeLength = numberOfThreeBitSectionsInCode(newCode);
         } else {
             codeLength = 1;
@@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ bool Octree::readJSONFromStream(unsigned long streamLength, QDataStream& inputSt
     QVariant asVariant = asDocument.toVariant();
     QVariantMap asMap = asVariant.toMap();
     readFromMap(asMap);
-    delete rawData;
+    delete[] rawData;
     return true;
 }