diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c3b160c..275a00e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('g729-codec-service','c', 'cpp', version: '0.0.2', default_options : ['c_std=c17', 'cpp_std=c++17'])
+project('g729-codec-service','c', 'cpp', version: '0.0.5', default_options : ['c_std=c17', 'cpp_std=c++17'])
 usockets = subproject('usockets')
 rapidjson = subproject('rapidjson')
 uwebsockets = subproject('uwebsockets')
diff --git a/src/G729Encoder.cpp b/src/G729Encoder.cpp
index 8e8bb24..d62836f 100644
--- a/src/G729Encoder.cpp
+++ b/src/G729Encoder.cpp
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@
 # define FRAME_SIZE 80 // 80 samples per frame
 # define MAX_ENCODER_OUTPUT 10
 //# define
-int encode_g729_frame(bcg729EncoderChannelContextStruct *encoderChannelContext, int16_t * pcm, int frameSize, uint8_t * data) {
-    int numberOfEncodingFrames = frameSize / FRAME_SIZE;
+int encode_g729_frame(bcg729EncoderChannelContextStruct *encoderChannelContext, int16_t * pcm, int numberOfEncodingFrames, uint8_t * data) {
     int totalSize = 0;
-
-    data = new uint8_t[numberOfEncodingFrames * MAX_ENCODER_OUTPUT]();
     // 160 samples
     // 2 frames to decode
     // each frame has 80 samples, each sample is 16 bits (2 bytes)
@@ -53,8 +50,10 @@ G729Encoder::~G729Encoder() {
 
 void G729Encoder::processFrame(AudioFrame& inputFrame, AudioFrame& outputFrame) {
     int frameSize = inputFrame.size / 2;
-    uint8_t * g729_frames;
-    int byteSize = encode_g729_frame(encoderContext, (int16_t *) inputFrame.data, frameSize, g729_frames);
+    int numberOfEncodingFrames = frameSize / FRAME_SIZE;
+    uint8_t * g729_frames = new uint8_t[numberOfEncodingFrames * MAX_ENCODER_OUTPUT]();
+
+    int byteSize = encode_g729_frame(encoderContext, (int16_t *) inputFrame.data, numberOfEncodingFrames, g729_frames);
     outputFrame.data = (int8_t *) g729_frames;
     outputFrame.size = byteSize;
 }
@@ -62,8 +61,10 @@ void G729Encoder::processFrame(AudioFrame& inputFrame, AudioFrame& outputFrame)
 
 void G729Encoder::processFrame(AudioFrame& inputFrame, AudioFrame& outputFrame, VADEvent &vadEvent) {
     int frameSize = inputFrame.size / 2;
-    uint8_t * g729_frames;
-    int byteSize = encode_g729_frame(encoderContext, (int16_t *) inputFrame.data, frameSize, g729_frames);
+    int numberOfEncodingFrames = frameSize / FRAME_SIZE;
+    uint8_t * g729_frames = new uint8_t[numberOfEncodingFrames * MAX_ENCODER_OUTPUT]();
+
+    int byteSize = encode_g729_frame(encoderContext, (int16_t *) inputFrame.data, numberOfEncodingFrames, g729_frames);
     vadEvent = VADEvent::NONE;
     if (byteSize >= 2 && byteSize <= 12) {
       if (voiceActive) {