diff --git a/events.c b/events.c
index e2a0ca4..30af760 100644
--- a/events.c
+++ b/events.c
@@ -72,3 +72,15 @@ event_destroy(EventNode * self)
 	self->next = NULL;
 	free(self);
 }
+
+void event_destroy_all()
+{
+	EventNode *ev;
+	while ((ev = FIRST_EVENT) != &END_EVENTS) {
+		event_destroy(ev);
+		if (ev == FIRST_EVENT) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Broken doubly linked event list invariant\n");
+			abort();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/events.h b/events.h
index 134e6c4..09cf33e 100644
--- a/events.h
+++ b/events.h
@@ -47,5 +47,6 @@ extern EventNode END_EVENTS;
 size_t event_replicate(EventNode * source, size_t count);
 EventNode * event_create(const EventData * content);
 void event_destroy(EventNode * self);
+void event_destroy_all();
 
 #endif /* end of include guard: EVENTS_H_ */
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 00cd458..137c9be 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ main(int argc, char ** argv)
 	for (ssize_t i = loaded_config.nodes.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
 		graph_node_delete(nodes[i]);
 	}
+	event_destroy_all();
 	free(channels);
 	free(nodes);