diff --git a/src/tiny_http/tiny_http_server_lib.c b/src/tiny_http/tiny_http_server_lib.c
index a4b1417..4c0be8a 100644
--- a/src/tiny_http/tiny_http_server_lib.c
+++ b/src/tiny_http/tiny_http_server_lib.c
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ void destroy_http_request(http_request *http_request) {
     if (http_request->headers != nullptr) {
         for (size_t i = 0; i < http_request->headers_cnt; i++) {
             free(http_request->headers[i]);
-            http_request->headers = nullptr;
+            http_request->headers[i] = nullptr;
         }
+        http_request->headers = nullptr;
         http_request->headers_cnt = 0;
     }
     free(http_request->url);
@@ -232,6 +233,15 @@ enum parse_http_request_status parse_http_request_line_from_packet(
     return PARSE_OK;
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * Parses an HTTP request from the given http packet in octets.
+ *
+ * @param http_packet A pointer to the HTTP packet to parse.
+ * @param http_packet_len The length of the HTTP packet.
+ *
+ * @return A pointer to the parsed HTTP request, or nullptr if parsing fails.
+ */
 http_request *parse_http_request(const uint8_t *const http_packet, const size_t http_packet_len) {
     if (http_packet != nullptr && http_packet_len <= 5) {
         fprintf(stderr, "cannot parse http request as it appears empty");
diff --git a/src/tiny_http/tiny_http_server_lib.h b/src/tiny_http/tiny_http_server_lib.h
index 5d8d0ea..01e6390 100644
--- a/src/tiny_http/tiny_http_server_lib.h
+++ b/src/tiny_http/tiny_http_server_lib.h
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ typedef struct http_response {
     size_t body_len;
 } http_response;
 
+/**
+ * Parses an HTTP request from the given http packet in octets.
+ *
+ * @param http_packet A pointer to the HTTP packet to parse.
+ * @param http_packet_len The length of the HTTP packet.
+ *
+ * @return A pointer to the parsed HTTP request, or nullptr if parsing fails.
+ */
 http_request *parse_http_request(const uint8_t *const http_packet, const size_t http_packet_len);
 
+/**
+ * Frees the memory allocated for the given HTTP request and its components.
+ *
+ * @param http_request The pointer to the HTTP request to be destroyed.
+ */
+void destroy_http_request(http_request *http_request);
+
 #endif //TINY_HTTP_SERVER_LIB_H
diff --git a/test/assert_tiny_http_server_lib.c b/test/assert_tiny_http_server_lib.c
index 30bd4a4..0380c9b 100644
--- a/test/assert_tiny_http_server_lib.c
+++ b/test/assert_tiny_http_server_lib.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ void test_request_parse_get_root_curl(void) {
             "User-Agent: curl/8.7.1\r\n"
             "Accept: */*\r\n"
             "\r\n";
-    const http_request *http_req = parse_http_request(request, strlen((char *) request));
+    http_request *http_req = parse_http_request(request, strlen((char *) request));
     assert(http_req != nullptr);
     assert(http_req->method == GET);
     assert(http_req->version == HTTP_1_0);
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ void test_request_parse_get_root_curl(void) {
     assert(strncmp(http_req->headers[2]->value, "*/*", 255) == 0);
     assert(http_req->body == nullptr);
     assert(http_req->body_len == 0);
+    destroy_http_request(http_req);
 }
 
 void test_request_post_root_curl(void) {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ void test_request_post_root_curl(void) {
             "Content-Length: 68\r\n"
             "\r\n"
             "{\n    \"key1\": \"value1\",\n    \"key2\": \"value2\",\n    \"key3\": \"value3\"\n}";
-    const http_request *http_req = parse_http_request(request, strlen((char *) request));
+    http_request *http_req = parse_http_request(request, strlen((char *) request));
     assert(http_req != nullptr);
     assert(http_req->method == POST);
     assert(http_req->version == HTTP_1_0);
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ void test_request_post_root_curl(void) {
     assert(
         strncmp((char *) http_req->body,
             "{\n    \"key1\": \"value1\",\n    \"key2\": \"value2\",\n    \"key3\": \"value3\"\n}", 68) == 0);
+    destroy_http_request(http_req);
 }
 
 int main() {