diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetRec/JetRec/PseudoJetContainer.h b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetRec/JetRec/PseudoJetContainer.h
index 94eacde5975589ab50bb2cf4d540ff5f21c78642..b4b47d1ef4fe0ac9af206022ff93a42d455311d6 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetRec/JetRec/PseudoJetContainer.h
+++ b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetRec/JetRec/PseudoJetContainer.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #define PseudoJetContainer_H
 
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ public:
                      const std::vector<PseudoJet> & vecPJ,
                      bool debug=false);
 
+  ~PseudoJetContainer();
+
   // fill xAOD jet with constit&ghosts extracted from final PSeudoJet
   bool extractConstituents(xAOD::Jet&, const std::vector<PseudoJet>&) const;
   bool extractConstituents(xAOD::Jet& jet, const PseudoJet &finalPJ) const;
diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetRec/Root/PseudoJetContainer.cxx b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetRec/Root/PseudoJetContainer.cxx
index 449796aacf5631518017cf5a495ab26a179645bb..104ede8af881a909bd41bf4e0db60d62b93fa1d8 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetRec/Root/PseudoJetContainer.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetRec/Root/PseudoJetContainer.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 // PseudoJetContainer.cxx
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ PseudoJetContainer::PseudoJetContainer(const IConstituentExtractor* c,
 }
 
 
+PseudoJetContainer::~PseudoJetContainer()
+{
+  for (const IConstituentExtractor* e : m_emptyExtractors) {
+    delete e;
+  }
+}
+
+
 bool
 PseudoJetContainer::extractConstituents(xAOD::Jet& jet, 
                                         const std::vector<PseudoJet>& inConstits) const
@@ -137,7 +145,7 @@ void PseudoJetContainer::append(const PseudoJetContainer* other) {
                    pj.set_user_index(pj.user_index() + offset);return pj;}
                  );
 
-  for(auto e : other->m_emptyExtractors){m_emptyExtractors.insert(e);}
+  for(auto e : other->m_emptyExtractors){m_emptyExtractors.insert(e->clone());}
 
   if (m_debug){checkInvariants("append()");}
 }