diff --git a/src/salloc.c b/src/salloc.c
index 6ec0767..ddec4cb 100644
--- a/src/salloc.c
+++ b/src/salloc.c
@@ -21,16 +21,24 @@ struct Chunk {
 struct SAlloc {
     size_t chunksz; //data size of each chunk
     Chunk *first;  //head of the chunk list
-    Chunk *current; 
+    Chunk *current;
 };
 
-static Chunk *
-add_chunk(SAlloc *p)
+static inline Chunk *
+alloc_chunk(size_t sz)
 {
     Chunk *newchunk;
 
-    newchunk = malloc(sizeof *newchunk + p->chunksz - (sizeof *newchunk - offsetof(Chunk, data.data)));
-    if (newchunk == NULL)
+    newchunk = malloc(sizeof *newchunk + sz - (sizeof *newchunk - offsetof(Chunk, data.data)));
+    return newchunk;
+}
+
+static Chunk *
+add_chunk(SAlloc *p, Chunk *c)
+{
+    Chunk *newchunk;
+
+    if (c == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
     if (p->current != NULL)
@@ -50,8 +58,10 @@ next_chunk(SAlloc *p)
     if (p->current->next) {
         newchunk = p->current->next;
         newchunk->firstfree = 0;
-    } else 
-        newchunk = add_chunk(p);
+    } else {
+        Chunk *c = alloc_chunk(p->chunksz);
+        newchunk = add_chunk(p, c);
+    }
 
     if (newchunk)
         p->current = newchunk;
@@ -63,19 +73,21 @@ SAlloc *
 uc_new_salloc(size_t chunksz)
 {
     SAlloc *p;
-    Chunk *first;   
-    p = malloc(sizeof *p);
-    if (p == NULL)
+    Chunk *first;
+    first = alloc_chunk(sizeof *p + chunksz);
+    if (first == NULL) {
         return NULL;
-
+    }
+    p = &first->data.data[0];
+    first->firstfree = sizeof *p;
     p->chunksz = chunksz;
     p->current = NULL;
 
-    if ((first = add_chunk(p)) == NULL) {
+    if ((first = add_chunk(p, first)) == NULL) {
         free(p);
         return NULL;
     }
-        
+
     p->first = p->current = first;
 
     return p;
@@ -86,7 +98,9 @@ uc_reset_salloc(SAlloc *p)
 {
     Chunk *tmp;
 
-    for(tmp = p->first; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
+    tmp = p->first;
+    tmp->firstfree = sizeof *p;
+    for(tmp = tmp->next; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
         tmp->firstfree = 0;
 
     p->current = p->first;
@@ -97,9 +111,9 @@ uc_s_alloc(SAlloc *p,size_t sz)
 {
     Chunk *chunk;
     void *newmem;
-    
+
     chunk = p->current;
-    if (chunk->firstfree + sz > p->chunksz) { 
+    if (chunk->firstfree + sz > p->chunksz) {
         if (sz > p->chunksz)
             return NULL;
 
@@ -107,7 +121,7 @@ uc_s_alloc(SAlloc *p,size_t sz)
         if (chunk == NULL)
             return NULL;
     }
-    
+
     newmem = &chunk->data.data[chunk->firstfree];
     chunk->firstfree +=  sz;
 
@@ -119,17 +133,17 @@ uc_s_allocz(SAlloc *p,size_t sz)
 {
     void *newmem = uc_s_alloc(p, sz);
 
-    if (newmem != NULL) 
+    if (newmem != NULL)
         memset(newmem, 0, sz);
 
     return newmem;
 }
 
-static void 
+static void
 free_chunks(Chunk *chunk)
 {
     Chunk *next;
-    
+
     for (next = NULL; chunk != NULL; chunk = next) {
         next = chunk->next;
         free(chunk);
@@ -140,7 +154,5 @@ void
 uc_free_salloc(SAlloc *p)
 {
     free_chunks(p->first);
-    free(p);
-
 }