diff --git a/code/OpenGEXImporter.cpp b/code/OpenGEXImporter.cpp
index 24dabd1d4..7073a5e76 100644
--- a/code/OpenGEXImporter.cpp
+++ b/code/OpenGEXImporter.cpp
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ void OpenGEXImporter::handleObjectRefNode( DDLNode *node, aiScene *pScene ) {
         m_currentNode->mNumMeshes = static_cast<unsigned int>(objRefNames.size());
         m_currentNode->mMeshes = new unsigned int[ objRefNames.size() ];
         if ( !objRefNames.empty() ) {
-            m_unresolvedRefStack.push_back( new RefInfo( m_currentNode, RefInfo::MeshRef, objRefNames ) );
+            m_unresolvedRefStack.push_back( std::unique_ptr<RefInfo>( new RefInfo( m_currentNode, RefInfo::MeshRef, objRefNames ) ) );
         }
     } else if ( m_tokenType == Grammar::LightNodeToken ) {
         // TODO!
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ void OpenGEXImporter::handleMaterialRefNode( ODDLParser::DDLNode *node, aiScene
     std::vector<std::string> matRefNames;
     getRefNames( node, matRefNames );
     if( !matRefNames.empty() ) {
-        m_unresolvedRefStack.push_back( new RefInfo( m_currentNode, RefInfo::MaterialRef, matRefNames ) );
+        m_unresolvedRefStack.push_back( std::unique_ptr<RefInfo>( new RefInfo( m_currentNode, RefInfo::MaterialRef, matRefNames ) ) );
     }
 }
 
@@ -1165,8 +1165,8 @@ void OpenGEXImporter::resolveReferences() {
     }
 
     RefInfo *currentRefInfo( nullptr );
-    for( std::vector<RefInfo*>::iterator it = m_unresolvedRefStack.begin(); it != m_unresolvedRefStack.end(); ++it ) {
-        currentRefInfo = *it;
+    for( auto it = m_unresolvedRefStack.begin(); it != m_unresolvedRefStack.end(); ++it ) {
+        currentRefInfo = it->get();
         if( nullptr != currentRefInfo ) {
             aiNode *node( currentRefInfo->m_node );
             if( RefInfo::MeshRef == currentRefInfo->m_type ) {
diff --git a/code/OpenGEXImporter.h b/code/OpenGEXImporter.h
index 948712869..aefd9ef1d 100644
--- a/code/OpenGEXImporter.h
+++ b/code/OpenGEXImporter.h
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ private:
     std::vector<aiCamera*> m_cameraCache;
     std::vector<aiLight*> m_lightCache;
     std::vector<aiNode*> m_nodeStack;
-    std::vector<RefInfo*> m_unresolvedRefStack;
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RefInfo> > m_unresolvedRefStack;
 };
 
 } // Namespace OpenGEX