diff --git a/src/chunk.zig b/src/chunk.zig
index aaee6e1..fcdc648 100644
--- a/src/chunk.zig
+++ b/src/chunk.zig
@@ -23,19 +23,18 @@ pub const Chunk = struct {
             .capacity = 0,
             .code = &.{},
             .lines = &.{},
-            .constants = ValueArray.new(),
+            .constants = ValueArray.new(allocator),
             .allocator = allocator,
         };
     }
 
-    pub fn init(self: *Chunk) !void {
-        self.deinit(self.allocator);
+    pub fn destroy(self: *Chunk) void {
+        self.constants.destroy();
 
-        self.count = 0;
-        self.capacity = 0;
-        self.code = &.{};
-        self.lines = &.{};
-        self.constants = ValueArray.new();
+        if (self.capacity > 0) {
+            self.allocator.free(self.code);
+            self.allocator.free(self.lines);
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn write(self: *Chunk, byte: u8, line: usize) !void {
@@ -109,17 +108,8 @@ pub const Chunk = struct {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn deinit(self: *Chunk) void {
-        self.constants.free(self.allocator);
-
-        if (self.capacity > 0) {
-            self.allocator.free(self.code);
-            self.allocator.free(self.lines);
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn add_constant(self: *Chunk, value: Value) !usize {
-        try self.constants.write(self.allocator, value);
+        try self.constants.write(value);
         return self.constants.count - 1;
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/compile.zig b/src/compile.zig
index 5f8a26c..3f838c5 100644
--- a/src/compile.zig
+++ b/src/compile.zig
@@ -746,8 +746,8 @@ const Local = struct {
     depth: ?usize,
 };
 
-pub fn compile(allocator: Allocator, vm: *VM, contents: []const u8) !?*Obj.Function {
-    var compiler = Compiler.new(allocator, FunctionType.Script);
+pub fn compile(vm: *VM, contents: []const u8) !?*Obj.Function {
+    var compiler = Compiler.new(vm.allocator, FunctionType.Script);
 
     var scanner = Scanner.init(contents);
     var parser = Parser.new(vm, &compiler, &scanner);
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index e919faa..b64a07b 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer std.process.argsFree(allocator, args);
 
     var vm = VM.new(allocator);
-    defer vm.free();
+    defer vm.destroy();
 
     if (args.len == 1) {
         try repl(allocator, &vm);
diff --git a/src/object.zig b/src/object.zig
index 38e8297..21766fb 100644
--- a/src/object.zig
+++ b/src/object.zig
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ pub const Obj = struct {
         }
 
         pub fn destroy(self: *String) void {
-            const allocator = self.obj.allocator;
-            allocator.free(self.chars);
-            allocator.destroy(self);
+            self.obj.allocator.free(self.chars);
+            self.obj.allocator.destroy(self);
         }
     };
 
@@ -64,9 +63,8 @@ pub const Obj = struct {
         }
 
         pub fn destroy(self: *Function) void {
-            const allocator = self.obj.allocator;
-            self.chunk.deinit();
-            allocator.destroy(self);
+            self.chunk.destroy();
+            self.obj.allocator.destroy(self);
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/table.zig b/src/table.zig
index 74349f7..fc72980 100644
--- a/src/table.zig
+++ b/src/table.zig
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub const Table = struct {
         };
     }
 
-    pub fn deinit(self: *Table) void {
+    pub fn destroy(self: *Table) void {
         if (self.capacity == 0) {
             return;
         }
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ test "initialize an hash table" {
     const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
 
     var table = Table.new(allocator);
-    defer table.deinit();
+    defer table.destroy();
     try std.testing.expectEqual(0, table.count);
     try std.testing.expectEqual(0, table.capacity);
 }
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ test "adding values" {
     defer key.destroy();
 
     var table = Table.new(allocator);
-    defer table.deinit();
+    defer table.destroy();
 
     var res = table.set(key, Value.nil_val());
     try std.testing.expectEqual(true, res);
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ test "adding tables" {
     defer key.destroy();
 
     var table = Table.new(allocator);
-    defer table.deinit();
+    defer table.destroy();
 
     const res = table.set(key, Value.nil_val());
     try std.testing.expectEqual(true, res);
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ test "adding tables" {
     try std.testing.expectEqual(1, table.count);
 
     var table2 = Table.new(allocator);
-    defer table2.deinit();
+    defer table2.destroy();
 
     try std.testing.expectEqual(0, table2.capacity);
     try std.testing.expectEqual(0, table2.count);
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ test "deleting from table" {
     defer key.destroy();
 
     var table = Table.new(allocator);
-    defer table.deinit();
+    defer table.destroy();
 
     var res = table.set(key, Value.nil_val());
     try std.testing.expectEqual(true, res);
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ test "find" {
     defer key.destroy();
 
     var table = Table.new(allocator);
-    defer table.deinit();
+    defer table.destroy();
 
     const value = Value.number_val(42.0);
 
diff --git a/src/values.zig b/src/values.zig
index 5f76929..4deae4f 100644
--- a/src/values.zig
+++ b/src/values.zig
@@ -141,32 +141,34 @@ pub const Value = struct {
 };
 
 pub const ValueArray = struct {
+    allocator: Allocator,
     capacity: usize,
     count: usize,
     values: []Value,
 
-    pub fn new() ValueArray {
+    pub fn new(allocator: Allocator) ValueArray {
         return ValueArray{
+            .allocator = allocator,
             .capacity = 0,
             .count = 0,
             .values = &.{},
         };
     }
 
-    pub fn write(self: *ValueArray, allocator: Allocator, value: Value) !void {
+    pub fn write(self: *ValueArray, value: Value) !void {
         if (self.capacity < self.count + 1) {
             const old_capacity = self.capacity;
             self.capacity = utils.grow_capacity(old_capacity);
-            self.values = try allocator.realloc(self.values, self.capacity);
+            self.values = try self.allocator.realloc(self.values, self.capacity);
         }
 
         self.values[self.count] = value;
         self.count += 1;
     }
 
-    pub fn free(self: *ValueArray, allocator: Allocator) void {
+    pub fn destroy(self: *ValueArray) void {
         if (self.capacity > 0) {
-            allocator.free(self.values);
+            self.allocator.free(self.values);
         }
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/vm.zig b/src/vm.zig
index 26544a9..babbf03 100644
--- a/src/vm.zig
+++ b/src/vm.zig
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ pub const VM = struct {
         };
     }
 
-    pub fn free(self: *VM) void {
+    pub fn destroy(self: *VM) void {
         if (constants.DEBUG_PRINT_INTERNAL_STRINGS) {
             self.strings.dump();
         }
 
-        self.strings.deinit();
-        self.globals.deinit();
+        self.strings.destroy();
+        self.globals.destroy();
         self.clean_references();
         self.references.deinit();
     }
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ pub const VM = struct {
 
     pub fn interpret(self: *VM, allocator: Allocator, content: []const u8) !InterpretResult {
         var chunk = Chunk.new(allocator);
-        defer chunk.deinit();
+        defer chunk.destroy();
 
-        const function = try compile(allocator, self, content);
+        const function = try compile(self, content);
         if (function == null) {
             return InterpretResult.COMPILE_ERROR;
         }