diff --git a/states/haproxy/mods/haproxy.c b/states/haproxy/mods/haproxy.c
index 0b7d540..90178d7 100644
--- a/states/haproxy/mods/haproxy.c
+++ b/states/haproxy/mods/haproxy.c
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ done
 #include <maxminddb.h>
 #include <jansson.h>
 
-static MMDB_s mmdb;
-
-const int STR_MAX_LEN = 255;
+static MMDB_s* mmdb;
 
 static int load_geoip(lua_State *L) {
   const char *filename = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
-  int status = MMDB_open(filename, MMDB_MODE_MMAP, &mmdb);
+  int status;
+  mmdb = malloc(sizeof (struct MMDB_s));
+  status = MMDB_open(filename, MMDB_MODE_MMAP, mmdb);
   if (status != 0) {
     printf("Error loading geoip database\n");
     exit(1);
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static int load_geoip(lua_State *L) {
 
 int get_geoip_info(const char* ip_address, MMDB_lookup_result_s* result) {
   int gai_error, mmdb_error;
-  (*result) = MMDB_lookup_string(&mmdb, ip_address, &gai_error, &mmdb_error);
+  (*result) = MMDB_lookup_string(mmdb, ip_address, &gai_error, &mmdb_error);
 
   if (0 != gai_error) {
     fprintf(stderr, "\n  Error from getaddrinfo for %s - %s\n\n", ip_address, gai_strerror(gai_error));
@@ -51,25 +51,22 @@ int get_geoip_info(const char* ip_address, MMDB_lookup_result_s* result) {
   return 0;
 }
 
-int filter_value(MMDB_lookup_result_s* result,
-    MMDB_entry_data_list_s** entry_data_list,
+int filter_value(
+    bool found_entry,
+    MMDB_entry_s* entry,
+    MMDB_entry_data_list_s* entry_data_list,
     MMDB_entry_data_s* entry_data,
     const char* query) {
-  int status = MMDB_get_entry_data_list(&result->entry, entry_data_list);
+  int status;
+  MMDB_get_entry_data_list(entry, &entry_data_list);
+  MMDB_free_entry_data_list(entry_data_list);
 
-  if (result->found_entry) {
+  if (found_entry) {
     if (strcmp(query, "country") == 0) {
-      status = MMDB_get_value(&result->entry, entry_data,
-          "country",
-          "iso_code",
-          NULL);
+      status = MMDB_get_value(entry, entry_data, "country", "iso_code", NULL);
       return status;
     } else if (strcmp(query, "city") == 0){
-      status = MMDB_get_value(&result->entry, entry_data,
-          "city",
-          "names",
-          "en",
-          NULL);
+      status = MMDB_get_value(entry, entry_data, "city", "names", "en", NULL);
       return status;
     }
   }
@@ -78,18 +75,21 @@ int filter_value(MMDB_lookup_result_s* result,
 
 static int get_country(lua_State *L) {
   const char *ip_address = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
-  char country[STR_MAX_LEN];
+  char* country = malloc(4);
+  int status;
 
-  MMDB_entry_data_list_s *entry_data_list = NULL;
-  MMDB_entry_data_s entry_data;
-  MMDB_lookup_result_s result;
+  MMDB_entry_data_list_s *entry_data_list = malloc(sizeof (struct MMDB_entry_data_list_s));
+  MMDB_entry_data_s* entry_data = malloc(sizeof (struct MMDB_entry_data_s));
+  MMDB_lookup_result_s* result = malloc(sizeof (struct MMDB_lookup_result_s));
 
-  get_geoip_info(ip_address, &result);
+  status = get_geoip_info(ip_address, result);
 
-  int status = filter_value(&result, &entry_data_list, &entry_data, "country");
+  status = filter_value(result->found_entry, &result->entry, entry_data_list, entry_data, "country");
+  free(result);
+  result = NULL;
 
   if (status == 0) {
-    sprintf(country, "%.*s", entry_data.data_size,entry_data.utf8_string);
+    sprintf(country, "%.*s", entry_data->data_size, entry_data->utf8_string);
   } else {
     strcpy(country, "not found");
   }
@@ -100,23 +100,33 @@ static int get_country(lua_State *L) {
 
 static int get_city(lua_State *L) {
   const char *ip_address = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
-  char city[STR_MAX_LEN];
+  char* city = malloc(50);
+  int status;
 
-  MMDB_entry_data_list_s *entry_data_list = NULL;
-  MMDB_entry_data_s entry_data;
-  MMDB_lookup_result_s result;
+  MMDB_entry_data_list_s *entry_data_list = malloc(sizeof (struct MMDB_entry_data_list_s));
+  MMDB_entry_data_s* entry_data = malloc(sizeof (struct MMDB_entry_data_s));
+  MMDB_lookup_result_s* result = malloc(sizeof (struct MMDB_lookup_result_s));
 
-  get_geoip_info(ip_address, &result);
+  status = get_geoip_info(ip_address, result);
 
-  int status = filter_value(&result, &entry_data_list, &entry_data, "city");
+  status = filter_value(result->found_entry, &result->entry, entry_data_list, entry_data, "city");
+  free(result);
+  result = NULL;
 
   if (status == 0) {
-    sprintf(city, "%.*s", entry_data.data_size, entry_data.utf8_string);
+    sprintf(city, "%.*s", entry_data->data_size, entry_data->utf8_string);
   } else {
     strcpy(city, "not found");
   }
 
+  free(entry_data);
+  entry_data = NULL;
+
   lua_pushstring(L, city);
+
+  free(city);
+  city = NULL;
+
   return 1;
 }