Index: trunk/ppSub/src/ppSubArguments.c
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--- trunk/ppSub/src/ppSubArguments.c	(revision 23840)
+++ trunk/ppSub/src/ppSubArguments.c	(revision 23853)
@@ -136,5 +136,5 @@
     data->stamps = psMemIncrRefCounter(psMetadataLookupStr(NULL, arguments, "-stamps"));
 
-    data->statsName = psMetadataLookupStr(NULL, arguments, "-stats"); // Filename for statistics
+    data->statsName = psMemIncrRefCounter(psMetadataLookupStr(NULL, arguments, "-stats"));
     if (data->statsName && strlen(data->statsName) > 0) {
         psString resolved = pmConfigConvertFilename(data->statsName, config, true, true); // Resolved filename
