diff --git a/src/users.c b/src/users.c
index f5c0c4160..e46c07d5a 100644
--- a/src/users.c
+++ b/src/users.c
@@ -934,8 +934,10 @@ int is_excepted(ChannelInfo * ci, User * user)
         if (match_usermask(excepts[i], user)
             || (hostip && match_userip(excepts[i], user, hostip))) {
             isexcepted = 1;
+            break;
         }
     }
+    Anope_Free(hostip);
     free(excepts);
     return isexcepted;
 }
diff --git a/version.log b/version.log
index 98694d359..ef8858963 100644
--- a/version.log
+++ b/version.log
@@ -9,10 +9,15 @@ VERSION_MAJOR="1"
 VERSION_MINOR="7"
 VERSION_PATCH="19"
 VERSION_EXTRA="-svn"
-VERSION_BUILD="1293"
+VERSION_BUILD="1294"
 
 # $Log$
 #
+# BUILD : 1.7.19 (1294)
+# BUGS  : N/A
+# NOTES : in is_excepted() if we found the exception, break(). There is no point on continue exploring the 
+# array. Also, I forgot to free hostip in my previous commit.
+#
 # BUILD : 1.7.19 (1293)
 # BUGS  : 778
 # NOTES : is_excepted() now uses match_userip() also.