diff -Naur grip-3.2.0/src/discdb.c grip-3.2.0-patched/src/discdb.c
--- grip-3.2.0/src/discdb.c	2004-04-15 12:23:37.000000000 -0600
+++ grip-3.2.0-patched/src/discdb.c	2004-11-09 15:22:15.000000000 -0700
@@ -187,17 +187,14 @@
       g_string_sprintf(proxy,"%s:%d",server->proxy->name,
                        server->proxy->port);
       
-      curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle,CURLOPT_PROXY,proxy);
-      
-      g_string_free(proxy,TRUE);
+      curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle,CURLOPT_PROXY,proxy->str);
       
       if(*server->proxy->username) {
+        user=g_string_new(NULL);
         g_string_sprintf(user,"%s:%s",server->proxy->username,
                          server->proxy->pswd);
         
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle,CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD,user);
-        
-        g_string_free(user,TRUE);
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle,CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD,user->str);
       }
     }
     
@@ -238,11 +235,17 @@
       fclose(outfile);
     }
     
-    g_string_free(uri,TRUE);
-  
     curl_slist_free_all(headers);
 
     curl_easy_cleanup(curl_handle);
+
+    g_string_free(uri,TRUE);
+    if(server->use_proxy) {
+      g_string_free(proxy,TRUE);
+      if(*server->proxy->username) {
+        g_string_free(user,TRUE);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   curl_global_cleanup();