diff --git a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp
index 91fc709f..274ea05e 100644
--- a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp
+++ b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp
@@ -69,10 +69,7 @@ Vst2Bridge::Vst2Bridge(boost::asio::io_context& main_context,
                        std::string plugin_dll_path,
                        std::string socket_endpoint_path)
     : io_context(main_context),
-      // See `plugin_handle`s docstring for information on why we're leaking
-      // memory here
-      // plugin_handle(LoadLibrary(plugin_dll_path.c_str()), FreeLibrary),
-      plugin_handle(LoadLibrary(plugin_dll_path.c_str())),
+      plugin_handle(LoadLibrary(plugin_dll_path.c_str()), FreeLibrary),
       socket_endpoint(socket_endpoint_path),
       host_vst_dispatch(io_context),
       host_vst_dispatch_midi_events(io_context),
@@ -89,8 +86,9 @@ Vst2Bridge::Vst2Bridge(boost::asio::io_context& main_context,
     // there are some older deprecated names that legacy plugins may still use
     VstEntryPoint vst_entry_point = nullptr;
     for (auto name : {"VSTPluginMain", "main_plugin", "main"}) {
-        vst_entry_point = reinterpret_cast<VstEntryPoint>(
-            reinterpret_cast<size_t>(GetProcAddress(plugin_handle, name)));
+        vst_entry_point =
+            reinterpret_cast<VstEntryPoint>(reinterpret_cast<size_t>(
+                GetProcAddress(plugin_handle.get(), name)));
 
         if (vst_entry_point != nullptr) {
             break;
diff --git a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.h b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.h
index 4dfc8598..b75b7aae 100644
--- a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.h
+++ b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.h
@@ -169,19 +169,10 @@ class Vst2Bridge {
 
     /**
      * The shared library handle of the VST plugin. I sadly could not get
-     * Boost.DLL to work here, so we'll just load the VST plugins by hand.
-     *
-     * FIXME: I don't know why, but `FreeLibrary()` seems to corrupt memory.
-     *        This leads to a lot of weird behavior, such as plugins crashing as
-     *        soon as other plugins get loaded or calls to `LoadLibrary()`
-     *        returning null pointers while they would otherwise load fine
-     *        without the prior call to `FreeLibrary`. We are leaking memory
-     *        here until this is fixed, but it should not be a huge issue since
-     *        this leak only exists for plugin groups.
+     * Boost.DLL to work here, so we'll just load the VST plugisn by hand.
      */
-    // std::unique_ptr<std::remove_pointer_t<HMODULE>, decltype(&FreeLibrary)>
-    //     plugin_handle;
-    HMODULE plugin_handle;
+    std::unique_ptr<std::remove_pointer_t<HMODULE>, decltype(&FreeLibrary)>
+        plugin_handle;
 
     /**
      * The loaded plugin's `AEffect` struct, obtained using the above library