Index: trunk/ippTools/src/difftoolConfig.c
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--- trunk/ippTools/src/difftoolConfig.c	(revision 18093)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/difftoolConfig.c	(revision 18172)
@@ -293,5 +293,5 @@
     // do this last so we don't setup a connection before CLI options are
     // validated
-    config->dbh = pmConfigDB(config->modules);
+    config->dbh = psMemIncrRefCounter(pmConfigDB(config->modules));
     if (!config->dbh) {
         psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "Can't configure database");