diff --git a/rwengine/src/engine/GameData.cpp b/rwengine/src/engine/GameData.cpp
index 93895ff3..b6d5779e 100644
--- a/rwengine/src/engine/GameData.cpp
+++ b/rwengine/src/engine/GameData.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ void GameData::loadHandling(const std::string& path) {
 SCMFile* GameData::loadSCM(const std::string& path) {
     auto scm_h = index.openFileRaw(path);
     SCMFile* scm = new SCMFile;
-    scm->loadFile(scm_h.data, scm_h.length);
+    scm->loadFile(scm_h.data.get(), scm_h.length);
     return scm;
 }
 
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ void GameData::loadIFP(const std::string& name) {
 
     if (f.data) {
         LoaderIFP loader;
-        if (loader.loadFromMemory(f.data)) {
+        if (loader.loadFromMemory(f.data.get())) {
             animations.insert(loader.animations.begin(),
                               loader.animations.end());
         }
diff --git a/rwengine/src/loaders/LoaderCutsceneDAT.cpp b/rwengine/src/loaders/LoaderCutsceneDAT.cpp
index a02a7e9b..eb620705 100644
--- a/rwengine/src/loaders/LoaderCutsceneDAT.cpp
+++ b/rwengine/src/loaders/LoaderCutsceneDAT.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "platform/FileHandle.hpp"
 
 void LoaderCutsceneDAT::load(CutsceneTracks &tracks, const FileContentsInfo& file) {
-    std::string dataStr(file.data, file.length);
+    std::string dataStr(file.data.get(), file.length);
     std::stringstream ss(dataStr);
 
     int numZooms = 0;
diff --git a/rwengine/src/loaders/LoaderGXT.cpp b/rwengine/src/loaders/LoaderGXT.cpp
index 9d31b327..13e75dff 100644
--- a/rwengine/src/loaders/LoaderGXT.cpp
+++ b/rwengine/src/loaders/LoaderGXT.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <platform/FileHandle.hpp>
 
 void LoaderGXT::load(GameTexts &texts, const FileContentsInfo &file) {
-    auto data = file.data;
+    auto data = file.data.get();
 
     data += 4;  // TKEY
 
diff --git a/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderDFF.cpp b/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderDFF.cpp
index 482b20e1..e3a040ff 100644
--- a/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderDFF.cpp
+++ b/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderDFF.cpp
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ AtomicPtr LoaderDFF::readAtomic(FrameList &framelist,
 ClumpPtr LoaderDFF::loadFromMemory(const FileContentsInfo& file) {
     auto model = std::make_shared<Clump>();
 
-    RWBStream rootStream(file.data, file.length);
+    RWBStream rootStream(file.data.get(), file.length);
 
     auto rootID = rootStream.getNextChunk();
     if (rootID != CHUNK_CLUMP) {
diff --git a/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderIMG.cpp b/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderIMG.cpp
index 208f67d2..f426c27b 100644
--- a/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderIMG.cpp
+++ b/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderIMG.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ bool LoaderIMG::findAssetInfo(const std::string& assetname,
     return false;
 }
 
-char* LoaderIMG::loadToMemory(const std::string& assetname) {
+std::unique_ptr<char[]> LoaderIMG::loadToMemory(const std::string& assetname) {
     LoaderIMGFile assetInfo;
     bool found = findAssetInfo(assetname, assetInfo);
 
@@ -62,39 +62,37 @@ char* LoaderIMG::loadToMemory(const std::string& assetname) {
 
     FILE* fp = fopen(imgName.string().c_str(), "rb");
     if (fp) {
-        char* raw_data = new char[assetInfo.size * 2048];
+        auto raw_data = std::make_unique<char[]>(assetInfo.size * 2048);
 
         fseek(fp, assetInfo.offset * 2048, SEEK_SET);
-        if (fread(raw_data, 2048, assetInfo.size, fp) != assetInfo.size) {
+        if (fread(raw_data.get(), 2048, assetInfo.size, fp) != assetInfo.size) {
             RW_ERROR("Error reading asset " << assetInfo.name);
         }
 
         fclose(fp);
         return raw_data;
     } else
-        return 0;
+        return nullptr;
 }
 
 /// Writes the contents of assetname to filename
 bool LoaderIMG::saveAsset(const std::string& assetname,
                           const std::string& filename) {
-    char* raw_data = loadToMemory(assetname);
+    auto raw_data = loadToMemory(assetname);
     if (!raw_data) return false;
 
     FILE* dumpFile = fopen(filename.c_str(), "wb");
     if (dumpFile) {
         LoaderIMGFile asset;
         if (findAssetInfo(assetname, asset)) {
-            fwrite(raw_data, 2048, asset.size, dumpFile);
+            fwrite(raw_data.get(), 2048, asset.size, dumpFile);
             printf("=> IMG: Saved %s to disk with filename %s\n",
                    assetname.c_str(), filename.c_str());
         }
         fclose(dumpFile);
 
-        delete[] raw_data;
         return true;
     } else {
-        delete[] raw_data;
         return false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderIMG.hpp b/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderIMG.hpp
index bb51462c..bfe70453 100644
--- a/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderIMG.hpp
+++ b/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderIMG.hpp
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ public:
     bool load(const rwfs::path& filename);
 
     /// Load a file from the archive to memory and pass a pointer to it
-    /// Warning: Please delete[] the memory in the end.
-    /// Warning: Returns NULL (0) if by any reason it can't load the file
-    char* loadToMemory(const std::string& assetname);
+    /// Warning: Returns nullptr if by any reason it can't load the file
+    std::unique_ptr<char[]> loadToMemory(const std::string& assetname);
 
     /// Writes the contents of assetname to filename
     bool saveAsset(const std::string& assetname, const std::string& filename);
diff --git a/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderTXD.cpp b/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderTXD.cpp
index 8c6687c8..e28a73b3 100644
--- a/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderTXD.cpp
+++ b/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderTXD.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ TextureData::Handle createTexture(RW::BSTextureNative& texNative,
 
 bool TextureLoader::loadFromMemory(const FileContentsInfo& file,
                                    TextureArchive& inTextures) {
-    auto data = file.data;
+    auto data = file.data.get();
     RW::BinaryStreamSection root(data);
     /*auto texDict =*/root.readStructure<RW::BSTextureDictionary>();
 
diff --git a/rwlib/source/platform/FileHandle.hpp b/rwlib/source/platform/FileHandle.hpp
index cfaade72..fcd23f7b 100644
--- a/rwlib/source/platform/FileHandle.hpp
+++ b/rwlib/source/platform/FileHandle.hpp
@@ -1,20 +1,29 @@
 #ifndef _LIBRW_FILEHANDLE_HPP_
 #define _LIBRW_FILEHANDLE_HPP_
+
 #include <cstddef>
+#include <memory>
 
 /**
  * @brief Contains a pointer to a file's contents.
  */
 struct FileContentsInfo {
-    char *data;
+    std::unique_ptr<char[]> data;
     size_t length;
 
-    FileContentsInfo(char* mem, size_t len) : data(mem), length(len) {
+    FileContentsInfo(std::unique_ptr<char[]> mem, size_t len)
+        : data(std::move(mem)), length(len) {
     }
 
-    ~FileContentsInfo() {
-        delete[] data;
+    FileContentsInfo(FileContentsInfo&& info)
+        : data(std::move(info.data)), length(info.length) {
+        info.data = nullptr;
     }
+
+    FileContentsInfo(FileContentsInfo& info) = delete;
+    FileContentsInfo& operator=(FileContentsInfo& info) = delete;
+
+    ~FileContentsInfo() = default;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/rwlib/source/platform/FileIndex.cpp b/rwlib/source/platform/FileIndex.cpp
index 49699f84..355d2f1f 100644
--- a/rwlib/source/platform/FileIndex.cpp
+++ b/rwlib/source/platform/FileIndex.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <iterator>
 #include <sstream>
 
-#include "FileHandle.hpp"
+#include "platform/FileHandle.hpp"
 #include "loaders/LoaderIMG.hpp"
 
 #include "rw/debug.hpp"
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ FileContentsInfo FileIndex::openFileRaw(const std::string &filePath) const {
     dfile.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
     auto length = dfile.tellg();
     dfile.seekg(0);
-    auto data = new char[length];
-    dfile.read(data, length);
+    auto data = std::make_unique<char[]>(length);
+    dfile.read(data.get(), length);
 
-    return {data, static_cast<size_t>(length)};
+    return {std::move(data), static_cast<size_t>(length)};
 }
 
 void FileIndex::indexArchive(const std::string &archive) {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ FileContentsInfo FileIndex::openFile(const std::string &filePath) {
 
     const auto &indexedData = indexedDataPos->second;
 
-    char *data = nullptr;
+    std::unique_ptr<char[]> data = nullptr;
     size_t length = 0;
 
     if (indexedData.type == IndexedDataType::ARCHIVE) {
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ FileContentsInfo FileIndex::openFile(const std::string &filePath) {
         dfile.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
         length = dfile.tellg();
         dfile.seekg(0);
-        data = new char[length];
-        dfile.read(data, length);
+        data = std::make_unique<char[]>(length);
+        dfile.read(data.get(), length);
     }
 
-    return {data, length};
+    return {std::move(data), length};
 }
diff --git a/rwviewer/views/TextViewer.cpp b/rwviewer/views/TextViewer.cpp
index 910f225f..6d9b6ab5 100644
--- a/rwviewer/views/TextViewer.cpp
+++ b/rwviewer/views/TextViewer.cpp
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <iostream>
 
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <fonts/GameTexts.hpp>
 #include <loaders/LoaderGXT.hpp>
 #include <models/TextModel.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <platform/FileHandle.hpp>
 #include <render/GameRenderer.hpp>
 
 #include <QGroupBox>
diff --git a/tests/test_RWBStream.cpp b/tests/test_RWBStream.cpp
index 341ceb43..89f1d666 100644
--- a/tests/test_RWBStream.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_RWBStream.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(iterate_stream_test) {
     {
         auto d = Global::get().e->data->index.openFile("landstal.dff");
 
-        RWBStream stream(d.data, d.length);
+        RWBStream stream(d.data.get(), d.length);
 
         RWBStream::ChunkID id = stream.getNextChunk();