diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 47c0e92a..9bae147f 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void lovrThrow(const char* format, ...) {
 void* _lovrAlloc(const char* type, size_t size, void (*destructor)(void*)) {
   Ref* ref = calloc(1, size);
   if (!ref) return lovrThrow("Out of memory"), NULL;
-  ref->free = destructor;
+  ref->destructor = destructor;
   ref->type = type;
   ref->count = 1;
   return ref;
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ void lovrRetain(void* object) {
 
 void lovrRelease(void* object) {
   Ref* ref = object;
-  if (ref && --ref->count == 0) ref->free(object);
+  if (ref && --ref->count == 0) {
+    ref->destructor(object);
+  }
 }
 
 // https://github.com/starwing/luautf8
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index ded9fed0..27e4c5cf 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #define ALIGN(p, n) ((uintptr_t) p & -n)
 
 typedef struct ref {
-  void (*free)(void*);
+  void (*destructor)(void*);
   const char* type;
   int count;
 } Ref;