diff --git a/projects/nginx/fuzz/http_request_fuzzer.cc b/projects/nginx/fuzz/http_request_fuzzer.cc
index bed04d7d0..8d69e82c8 100644
--- a/projects/nginx/fuzz/http_request_fuzzer.cc
+++ b/projects/nginx/fuzz/http_request_fuzzer.cc
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static char arg1[] = {0, 0xA, 0};
 
 extern char **environ;
 
-static const char *config_file = "http_config.conf";
+static const char *config_file = "/tmp/http_config.conf";
 
 struct fuzzing_data {
   const uint8_t *data;
@@ -307,15 +307,4 @@ DEFINE_PROTO_FUZZER(const HttpProto &input) {
 
   // Will redirect to http parser
   ngx_http_init_connection(c);
-
-  // Clean-up in case of error
-  if (req_reply && upstream && upstream->cleanup) {
-    (*(upstream->cleanup))(req_reply);
-    if (!c->destroyed)
-      ngx_http_close_connection(c);
-  } else if (!c->destroyed) {
-    ngx_http_request_t *r = (ngx_http_request_t *)(c->data);
-    ngx_http_free_request(r, 0);
-    ngx_http_close_connection(c);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/projects/nginx/fuzz/wrappers.c b/projects/nginx/fuzz/wrappers.c
index 213912176..cb29872de 100644
--- a/projects/nginx/fuzz/wrappers.c
+++ b/projects/nginx/fuzz/wrappers.c
@@ -44,14 +44,15 @@ int __wrap_chown(const char *pathname, uid_t owner, gid_t group){
   return 0;
 }
 
+struct passwd pwd;
+struct group grp;
+
 struct passwd *__wrap_getpwnam(const char *name){
-  struct passwd *pwd = (struct passwd *) calloc(1, sizeof(struct passwd));
-  pwd->pw_uid = 1;
-  return pwd;
+  pwd.pw_uid = 1;
+  return &pwd;
 }
 
 struct group *__wrap_getgrnam(const char *name){
-  struct group *grp = (struct group *) calloc(1, sizeof(struct group));
-  grp->gr_gid = 1;
-  return grp;
+  grp.gr_gid = 1;
+  return &grp;
 }