diff --git a/cputree.c b/cputree.c
index 6c7b3b4..4820bdf 100644
--- a/cputree.c
+++ b/cputree.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static struct topo_obj* add_cpu_to_cache_domain(struct topo_obj *cpu,
 	entry = g_list_find(cache->children, cpu);
 	if (!entry) {
 		cache->children = g_list_append(cache->children, cpu);
-		cpu->parent = (struct topo_obj *)cache;
+		cpu->parent = cache;
 	}
 
 	if (!numa_avail || (nodeid > NUMA_NO_NODE))
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static void dump_numa_node_num(struct topo_obj *p, void *data __attribute__((unu
 
 static void dump_balance_obj(struct topo_obj *d, void *data __attribute__((unused)))
 {
-	struct topo_obj *c = (struct topo_obj *)d;
+	struct topo_obj *c = d;
 	log(TO_CONSOLE, LOG_INFO, "%s%s%s%sCPU number %i  numa_node is ",
 	    log_indent, log_indent, log_indent, log_indent, c->number);
 	for_each_object(cpu_numa_node(c), dump_numa_node_num, NULL);
diff --git a/irqbalance.c b/irqbalance.c
index 1490336..4f3b97d 100644
--- a/irqbalance.c
+++ b/irqbalance.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ unsigned long migrate_ratio = 0;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_IRQBALANCEUI
 int socket_fd;
-char socket_name[64];
+char socket_name[108];
 char *banned_cpumask_from_ui = NULL;
 #endif
 
@@ -406,11 +406,12 @@ gboolean sock_handle(gint fd, GIOCondition condition, gpointer user_data __attri
 	int valid_user = 0;
 
 	struct iovec iov = { buff, 500 };
-	struct msghdr msg = { 0 };
-	msg.msg_iov = &iov;
-	msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
-	msg.msg_control = malloc(CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred)));
-	msg.msg_controllen = CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred));
+	struct msghdr msg = {
+		.msg_iov = &iov,
+		.msg_iovlen = 1,
+		.msg_control = g_malloc(CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred))),
+		.msg_controllen = CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred)),
+	};
 
 	struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
 
@@ -502,7 +503,7 @@ gboolean sock_handle(gint fd, GIOCondition condition, gpointer user_data __attri
 						recv_size - strlen("settings cpus "));
 				cpu_ban_string[recv_size - strlen("settings cpus ")] = '\0';
 				banned_cpumask_from_ui = strtok(cpu_ban_string, " ");
-				if (!strncmp(banned_cpumask_from_ui, "NULL", strlen("NULL"))) {
+				if (banned_cpumask_from_ui && !strncmp(banned_cpumask_from_ui, "NULL", strlen("NULL"))) {
 					banned_cpumask_from_ui = NULL;
 					free(cpu_ban_string);
 					cpu_ban_string = NULL;
@@ -539,7 +540,7 @@ gboolean sock_handle(gint fd, GIOCondition condition, gpointer user_data __attri
 	}
 
 out:
-	free(msg.msg_control);
+	g_free(msg.msg_control);
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -653,13 +654,16 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 		if (daemon(0,0))
 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 		/* Write pidfile which can be used to avoid starting multiple instances */
-		if (pidfile && (pidfd = open(pidfile,
-			O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_TRUNC,
-			S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH)) >= 0) {
-			char str[16];
-			snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%u\n", getpid());
-			write(pidfd, str, strlen(str));
-			close(pidfd);
+		if (pidfile) {
+			pidfd = open(pidfile,
+				O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_TRUNC,
+				S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+			if (pidfd >= 0) {
+				char str[16];
+				snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%u\n", getpid());
+				write(pidfd, str, strlen(str));
+				close(pidfd);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/ui/helpers.c b/ui/helpers.c
index 3b4c51f..529b1b3 100644
--- a/ui/helpers.c
+++ b/ui/helpers.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ char * hex_to_bitmap(char hex_digit) {
 		return "0000\0";
 	}
 
-	char *bitmap = malloc(5 * sizeof(char));
+	char *bitmap = g_malloc_n(5, sizeof(char));
 	bitmap[4] = '\0';
 	int i;
 	for(i = 3; i >= 0; i--) {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ char * hex_to_bitmap(char hex_digit) {
 gpointer copy_cpu_ban(gconstpointer src, gpointer data __attribute__((unused)))
 {
 	cpu_ban_t *old = (cpu_ban_t *)src; 
-	cpu_ban_t *new = malloc(sizeof(cpu_ban_t));
+	cpu_ban_t *new = g_malloc(sizeof(cpu_ban_t));
 	new->number = old->number;
 	new->is_banned = old->is_banned;
 	new->is_changed = 0;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ gpointer copy_cpu_ban(gconstpointer src, gpointer data __attribute__((unused)))
 gpointer copy_irq(gconstpointer src, gpointer data __attribute__((unused)))
 {
 	irq_t *old = (irq_t *)src; 
-	irq_t *new = malloc(sizeof(irq_t));
+	irq_t *new = g_malloc(sizeof(irq_t));
 	new->vector = old->vector;
 	new->load = old->load;
 	new->diff = old->diff;
diff --git a/ui/irqbalance-ui.c b/ui/irqbalance-ui.c
index 06f4602..d281f47 100644
--- a/ui/irqbalance-ui.c
+++ b/ui/irqbalance-ui.c
@@ -30,24 +30,22 @@ static int default_bufsz = 8192;
 
 struct msghdr * create_credentials_msg(void)
 {
-	struct ucred *credentials = malloc(sizeof(struct ucred));
-	credentials->pid = getpid();
-	credentials->uid = geteuid();
-	credentials->gid = getegid();
+	struct ucred credentials = {
+		.pid = getpid(),
+		.uid = geteuid(),
+		.gid = getegid(),
+	};
 
-	struct msghdr *msg = malloc(sizeof(struct msghdr));
-	memset(msg, 0, sizeof(struct msghdr));
+	struct msghdr *msg = g_malloc0(sizeof(struct msghdr));
 	msg->msg_iovlen = 1;
-	msg->msg_control = malloc(CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred)));
+	msg->msg_control = g_malloc(CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred)));
 	msg->msg_controllen = CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred));
 
 	struct cmsghdr *cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(msg);
 	cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
 	cmsg->cmsg_type = SCM_CREDENTIALS;
 	cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(struct ucred));
-	memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), credentials, sizeof(struct ucred));
-
-	free(credentials);
+	memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), &credentials, sizeof(struct ucred));
 	return msg;
 }
 
@@ -100,8 +98,8 @@ void send_settings(char *data)
 	sendmsg(socket_fd, msg, 0);
 
 	close(socket_fd);
-	free(msg->msg_control);
-	free(msg);
+	g_free(msg->msg_control);
+	g_free(msg);
 }
 
 char * get_data(char *string)
@@ -118,26 +116,27 @@ char * get_data(char *string)
 	}
 
 	struct msghdr *msg = create_credentials_msg();
-	struct iovec iov;
-	iov.iov_base = (void *) string;
-	iov.iov_len = strlen(string);
+	struct iovec iov = {
+		.iov_base = (void *) string,
+		.iov_len = strlen(string),
+	};
 	msg->msg_iov = &iov;
 	sendmsg(socket_fd, msg, 0);
 
-	char *data = malloc(default_bufsz);
+	char *data = g_malloc(default_bufsz);
 	int len = recv(socket_fd, data, default_bufsz, MSG_TRUNC);
 	close(socket_fd);
-	free(msg->msg_control);
-	free(msg);
+	g_free(msg->msg_control);
+	g_free(msg);
 	if (len < 0) {
-		free(data);
+		g_free(data);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	data[len] = '\0';
 	if (len >= default_bufsz) {
 		/* msg was truncated, increase bufsz and try again */
 		default_bufsz += 8192;
-		free(data);
+		g_free(data);
 		goto try_again;
 	}
 	return data;
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ void parse_setup(char *setup_data)
 	token = strtok_r(NULL, " ", &ptr);
 	/* Parse banned IRQ data */
 	while(!strncmp(token, "IRQ", strlen("IRQ"))) {
-		new_irq = malloc(sizeof(irq_t));
+		new_irq = g_malloc(sizeof(irq_t));
 		new_irq->vector = strtol(strtok_r(NULL, " ", &ptr), NULL, 10);
 		token = strtok_r(NULL, " ", &ptr);
 		if(strncmp(token, "LOAD", strlen("LOAD")) != 0) goto out;
@@ -188,26 +187,24 @@ void parse_setup(char *setup_data)
 		char *map = hex_to_bitmap(token[i]);
 		for(j = 3; j >= 0; j--) {
 			if(map[j] == '1') {
-				uint64_t *banned_cpu = malloc(sizeof(uint64_t));
+				uint64_t *banned_cpu = g_malloc(sizeof(uint64_t));
 				*banned_cpu = cpu;
 				setup.banned_cpus = g_list_append(setup.banned_cpus,
 								banned_cpu);
 			}
 			cpu++;
 		}
-		free(map);
+		g_free(map);
 	
 	}
-	free(copy);
+	g_free(copy);
 	return;
 
 out: {
 	/* Invalid data presented */
 	printf("Invalid data sent.  Unexpected token: %s", token);
-	if (new_irq) {
-		free(new_irq);
-	}
-	free(copy);
+	g_free(new_irq);
+	g_free(copy);
 	g_list_free(tree);
 	exit(1);
 }
@@ -251,7 +248,7 @@ void assign_cpu_lists(cpu_node_t *node, void *data __attribute__((unused)))
 
 void assign_cpu_mask(cpu_node_t *node, void *data __attribute__((unused)))
 {
-	char *mask = malloc(16 * sizeof(char));
+	char *mask = g_malloc_n(16, sizeof(char));
 	mask[0] = '\0';
 	unsigned int sum = 0;
 	GList *list_entry = g_list_first(node->cpu_list);
@@ -280,7 +277,7 @@ void parse_into_tree(char *data)
 	if (!data || strlen(data) == 0)
 		return;
 
-	copy = strdup(data);
+	copy = g_strdup(data);
 	if (!copy)
 		return;
 
@@ -288,8 +285,8 @@ void parse_into_tree(char *data)
 	while(token != NULL) {
 		/* Parse node data */
 		if(strncmp(token, "TYPE", strlen("TYPE")) != 0) {
-			free(copy);
-			 goto out;
+			g_free(copy);
+			goto out;
 		}
 		new = g_malloc0(sizeof(cpu_node_t));
 		new->type = strtol(strtok_r(NULL, " ", &ptr), NULL, 10);
@@ -311,7 +308,7 @@ void parse_into_tree(char *data)
 
 		/* Parse assigned IRQ data */
 		while((token != NULL) && (!strncmp(token, "IRQ", strlen("IRQ")))) {
-			new_irq = malloc(sizeof(irq_t));
+			new_irq = g_malloc(sizeof(irq_t));
 			new_irq->vector = strtol(strtok_r(NULL, " ", &ptr), NULL, 10);
 			token = strtok_r(NULL, " ", &ptr);
 			if(strncmp(token, "LOAD", strlen("LOAD")) != 0) goto out;
@@ -342,7 +339,7 @@ void parse_into_tree(char *data)
 
 		new = NULL;
 	}
-	free(copy);
+	g_free(copy);
 	for_each_node(tree, assign_cpu_lists, NULL);
 	for_each_node(tree, assign_cpu_mask, NULL);
 	return;
@@ -350,12 +347,8 @@ void parse_into_tree(char *data)
 out: {
 	/* Invalid data presented */
 	printf("Invalid data sent.  Unexpected token: %s\n", token);
-	if (new_irq) {
-		free(new_irq);
-	}
-	if (new) {
-		free(new);
-	}
+	g_free(new_irq);
+	g_free(new);
 	g_list_free(tree);
 	exit(1);
 }
diff --git a/ui/ui.c b/ui/ui.c
index c580f85..8d7c493 100644
--- a/ui/ui.c
+++ b/ui/ui.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void show_footer(void)
 
 char * check_control_in_sleep_input(int max_len, int column_offest, int line_offset)
 {
-	char *input_to = malloc(max_len * sizeof(char));
+	char *input_to = g_malloc_n(max_len, sizeof(char));
 	int iteration = 0;
 	while(iteration < max_len) {
 		int new = getch();
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ char * check_control_in_sleep_input(int max_len, int column_offest, int line_off
 			attrset(COLOR_PAIR(5) | A_REVERSE | A_BOLD);
 			break;
 		case 27:
-			free(input_to);
+			g_free(input_to);
 			return NULL;
 		default:
 			input_to[iteration] = new;
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ int get_valid_sleep_input(int column_offest)
 		char *error;
 		new_sleep = strtol(input, &error, 10);
 		if((*error == '\0') && (new_sleep >= 1)) {
+			g_free(input);
 			break;
 		}
 		new_sleep = setup.sleep;
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ int get_valid_sleep_input(int column_offest)
 			"Invalid input: %s								",
 			input);
 		refresh();
-		free(input);
+		g_free(input);
 	}
 
 	attrset(COLOR_PAIR(1));
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ int get_valid_sleep_input(int column_offest)
 
 void get_banned_cpu(int *cpu, char *data __attribute__((unused)))
 {
-	cpu_ban_t *new = malloc(sizeof(cpu_ban_t));
+	cpu_ban_t *new = g_malloc(sizeof(cpu_ban_t));
 	new->number = *cpu;
 	new->is_banned = 1;
 	all_cpus = g_list_append(all_cpus, new);
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ void get_new_cpu_ban_values(cpu_ban_t *cpu, void *data)
 void get_cpu(cpu_node_t *node, void *data __attribute__((unused)))
 {
 	if(node->type == OBJ_TYPE_CPU) {
-		cpu_ban_t *new = malloc(sizeof(cpu_ban_t));
+		cpu_ban_t *new = g_malloc(sizeof(cpu_ban_t));
 		new->number = node->number;
 		new->is_banned = 0;
 		all_cpus = g_list_append(all_cpus, new);
@@ -401,10 +402,9 @@ void get_irq_name(int end)
 	char buffer[128];
 
 	if (irq_name == NULL) {
-		irq_name = malloc(sizeof(char *) * LINES);
+		irq_name = g_malloc_n(LINES, sizeof(char *));
 		for (i = 4; i < LINES; i++) {
-			irq_name[i] = malloc(sizeof(char) * 50);
-			memset(irq_name[i], 0, sizeof(char) * 50);
+			irq_name[i] = g_malloc0_n(50, sizeof(char));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@ void get_irq_name(int end)
 	cmd = alloca(sizeof(char) * (len + 1));
 	snprintf(cmd, len + 1, "cat /proc/interrupts | awk '{for (i=%d;i<=NF;i++)printf(\"%%s \", $i);print \"\"}' | cut -c-49", cpunr + 2);
 	output = popen(cmd, "r");
+	if (!output)
+		return;
 	for (i = 0; i <= offset; i++)
 		fgets(buffer, 50, output);
 	for (i = 4; i < end; i++)