diff --git a/include/cbuf.h b/include/cbuf.h
index 12f1da8..dd3fd87 100644
--- a/include/cbuf.h
+++ b/include/cbuf.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 
 
 CLASS(Cbuf) {
-	struct memSegment * shm_name_seg;
 	char * shm_name;  // shared memory identifier
 
 	char * data;
diff --git a/include/utils/memory.h b/include/utils/memory.h
index 1cc1dcd..6d886e5 100644
--- a/include/utils/memory.h
+++ b/include/utils/memory.h
@@ -26,17 +26,13 @@
 #define CSTRA(val)	val, sizeof(val)-1 //!< Const STRing Argument
 
 #define FREE(val)		(ffree((void**)&(val)))
-#define MEM_FREE(seg)	(memFree((struct memSegment **)&(seg)))
+#define MEM_FREE(seg)	(memFree((void **)&(seg)))
 
-struct memSegment {
-	size_t   size;
-	void   * ptr;
-};
 
-struct memSegment * memMalloc(size_t);
-struct memSegment * memCalloc(size_t, size_t);
-void                memFree(struct memSegment **);
-void                memCleanup();
+void * memMalloc(size_t);
+void * memCalloc(size_t, size_t);
+void   memFree(void **);
+void   memCleanup();
 
 void ffree(void **);
 
diff --git a/src/cbuf/cbuf.c b/src/cbuf/cbuf.c
index dfed914..a2b6e1c 100644
--- a/src/cbuf/cbuf.c
+++ b/src/cbuf/cbuf.c
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ cbufCtor(void * _this, va_list * params)
 	int    shm;
 	char * data;
 
-	this->shm_name_seg = memMalloc(strlen(shm_name) + 7 + 2);
-	this->shm_name     = this->shm_name_seg->ptr;
+	this->shm_name = memMalloc(strlen(shm_name) + 7 + 2);
 	sprintf(this->shm_name, "/%06d_%s", getpid(), shm_name);
 
 	/**
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ cbufDtor(void * _this)
 {
 	Cbuf this = _this;
 
-	MEM_FREE(this->shm_name_seg);
+	MEM_FREE(this->shm_name);
 
 	if (NULL != this->data && MAP_FAILED != this->data) {
 		munmap(this->data, this->bsize << 1);
diff --git a/src/logger/interface/i_logger.c b/src/logger/interface/i_logger.c
index 188ec78..e1019bc 100644
--- a/src/logger/interface/i_logger.c
+++ b/src/logger/interface/i_logger.c
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ loggerLog(void * _object, logger_level level, const char * const fmt, ...) {
 	Logger object = _object;
 
 	if (level >= object->min_level) {
-		struct memSegment * msg      = NULL;
-		size_t              msg_size = 0;
-		va_list             params;
+		char    * msg      = NULL;
+		size_t    msg_size = 0;
+		va_list   params;
 
 		va_start(params, fmt);
 		msg_size = vsnprintf(NULL, msg_size, fmt, params);
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ loggerLog(void * _object, logger_level level, const char * const fmt, ...) {
 		msg = memMalloc(msg_size + 1);
 
 		va_start(params, fmt);
-		vsnprintf(msg->ptr, msg_size + 1, fmt, params);
+		vsnprintf(msg, msg_size + 1, fmt, params);
 		va_end(params);
 
-		CALL(_object, Logger, log, level, msg->ptr);
+		CALL(_object, Logger, log, level, msg);
 
 		MEM_FREE(msg);
 	}
diff --git a/src/utils/memory.c b/src/utils/memory.c
index dda9651..a110461 100644
--- a/src/utils/memory.c
+++ b/src/utils/memory.c
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
 
 #include "utils/memory.h"
 
+struct memSegment {
+	size_t   size;
+	void   * ptr;
+};
+
 
 void * segments = NULL;
 
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@ segmentFree(void * segment)
 }
 
 
-struct memSegment *
+void *
 memMalloc(size_t size)
 {
 	struct memSegment * seg = tfind(&size, &segments, segmentFindCmp);
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ memMalloc(size_t size)
 		seg = *(struct memSegment **)seg;
 	}
 
-	return seg;
+	return seg->ptr;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -124,18 +129,36 @@ memMalloc(size_t size)
  * because we want the best performance.
  * Most times this is not neccessary at all.
  */
-struct memSegment *
+void *
 memCalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
 {
-	return memMalloc(nmemb * size);
+	size_t _size            = nmemb * size;
+	size_t _inmemb          = (sizeof(struct memSegment) / size) + 1;
+	struct memSegment * seg = tfind(&_size, &segments, segmentFindCmp);
+
+	if (NULL == seg) {
+		seg = (struct memSegment *)calloc(nmemb + _inmemb, size);
+		seg->size = size;
+		seg->ptr  = seg + sizeof(struct memSegment);
+	} else {
+		// remove the found one from the tree as we use it now.
+		tdelete((void *)seg, &segments, segmentSearchCmp);
+		seg = *(struct memSegment **)seg;
+	}
+
+	return seg->ptr;
 }
 
 void
-memFree(struct memSegment ** seg)
+memFree(void ** mem)
 {
-	if (NULL != *seg) {
-		tsearch((void *)*seg, &segments, segmentSearchCmp);
-		*seg = NULL;
+	if (NULL != *mem) {
+		struct memSegment * seg = *(struct memSegment **)mem;
+
+		seg -= sizeof(struct memSegment);
+
+		tsearch((void *)seg, &segments, segmentSearchCmp);
+		*mem = NULL;
 	}
 }