diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index c7910f3ca4f9fd33079f5254a16711ef0369cd2f..ff4e269925c9bd516178399c3fdf4f2deef2cbac 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -158,13 +158,15 @@ pub fn file_list(dpath: []const u8, list: *std.ArrayList([]const u8)) !void {
 }
 
 pub fn run_cmd(dir: ?[]const u8, args: []const []const u8) !u32 {
-    const result = std.ChildProcess.exec(.{ .allocator = gpa, .cwd = dir, .argv = args, }) catch |e| switch(e) {
+    const result = std.ChildProcess.exec(.{ .allocator = gpa, .cwd = dir, .argv = args, .max_output_bytes = std.math.maxInt(usize) }) catch |e| switch(e) {
         error.FileNotFound => {
             u.assert(false, "\"{s}\" command not found", .{args[0]});
             unreachable;
         },
         else => return e,
     };
+    gpa.free(result.stdout);
+    gpa.free(result.stderr);
     return result.term.Exited;
 }