diff --git a/eek/eek-keyboard.c b/eek/eek-keyboard.c
index 40e86fcc..ee750abb 100644
--- a/eek/eek-keyboard.c
+++ b/eek/eek-keyboard.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include "eek-keyboard.h"
 
 void level_keyboard_deinit(LevelKeyboard *self) {
+    xkb_keymap_unref(self->keymap);
+    close(self->keymap_fd);
     squeek_layout_free(self->layout);
 }
 
diff --git a/eek/eek-keyboard.h b/eek/eek-keyboard.h
index 60dbf3f3..05bf5330 100644
--- a/eek/eek-keyboard.h
+++ b/eek/eek-keyboard.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 /// Keyboard state holder
 struct _LevelKeyboard {
     struct squeek_layout *layout; // owned
-    struct xkb_keymap *keymap;
+    struct xkb_keymap *keymap; // owned
     int keymap_fd; // keymap formatted as XKB string
     size_t keymap_len; // length of the data inside keymap_fd