diff --git a/code/espurna/libs/Http.h b/code/espurna/libs/Http.h
index bc8decdf72..9b95fbf7fe 100644
--- a/code/espurna/libs/Http.h
+++ b/code/espurna/libs/Http.h
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class AsyncHttp {
                 + http->host.length()
                 + http->path.length()
                 + 32;
-            std::unique_ptr<char[]> headers(new (std::nothrow) char[headers_len + 1]);
+            char* headers = (char *) malloc(headers_len + 1);
 
             if (!headers) {
                 ASYNC_HTTP_DEBUG("err | alloc %u fail\n", headers_len + 1);
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class AsyncHttp {
                 return;
             }
 
-            int res = snprintf_P(headers.get(), headers_len + 1,
+            int res = snprintf_P(headers, headers_len + 1,
                 HTTP_REQUEST_TEMPLATE,
                 http->method.c_str(),
                 http->path.c_str(),
@@ -251,11 +251,14 @@ class AsyncHttp {
             );
             if (res >= (headers_len + 1)) {
                 ASYNC_HTTP_DEBUG("err | res>=len :: %u>=%u\n", res, headers_len + 1);
+                free(headers);
                 client->close(true);
                 return;
             }
 
-            client->write(headers.get());
+            client->write(headers);
+            // TODO: streaming data source instead of using a simple String
+            // TODO: move to onPoll, ->add(data) and ->send() until it can't (returns 0), then repeat
             client->write(http->data.c_str());
 
         }