diff --git a/chameleon-server/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/vision/pipeline/impl/StandardCVPipeline.java b/chameleon-server/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/vision/pipeline/impl/StandardCVPipeline.java
index 402a41cc0..580c0ed62 100644
--- a/chameleon-server/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/vision/pipeline/impl/StandardCVPipeline.java
+++ b/chameleon-server/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/vision/pipeline/impl/StandardCVPipeline.java
@@ -233,6 +233,15 @@ public class StandardCVPipeline extends CVPipeline<StandardCVPipelineResult, Sta
 
         memManager.run();
 
+        // release all the results
+        erodeDilateResult.getLeft().release();
+        hsvResult.getLeft().release();
+        findContoursResult.getLeft().forEach(Mat::release);
+        filterContoursResult.getLeft().forEach(Mat::release);
+        speckleRejectResult.getLeft().forEach(Mat::release);
+        groupContoursResult.getLeft().forEach(TrackedTarget::release);
+        sortContoursResult.getLeft().forEach(TrackedTarget::release);
+        
         return new StandardCVPipelineResult(collect2dTargetsResult.getLeft(), outputMat, totalPipelineTimeNanos);
     }