diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh
index 5c59b2d..72d3581 100755
--- a/compile.sh
+++ b/compile.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-gcc main.c -o bot $(pkgconf --libs libcurl) $(pkgconf --libs yyjson)
+gcc main.c -o bot $(pkgconf --libs libcurl yyjson)
 ./bot YOUR_TOKEN_HERE
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 6b73e88..fcc7abc 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ void send_message(tgbot *bot, tgmessage *message) {
   char *encoded_text = curl_easy_escape(bot->curl, message->text, 0);
   snprintf(url, sizeof(url), "%ssendMessage?chat_id=%ld&text=%s", bot->api,
            message->chat_id, encoded_text);
-  curl_free(encoded_text);
 
   curl_easy_setopt(bot->curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
   curl_easy_perform(bot->curl);
+
+  curl_free(encoded_text);
 }
 
 size_t write_cb(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, char *data) {