diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c0a0f3bb..a859107d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Changes since version 0.92.0:
   on 64bit platforms (Max Loparyev <max@city.veganet.ru>)
 - fixed issue with icon colors on big endian platforms
   (Max Loparyev <max@city.veganet.ru>)
+- release colors to avoid issues with the reference count overflowing a
+  small integer and causing unexpected color releases that can crash
+  Window Maker (Martin Frydl <martin.frydl@systinet.com>)
+- fixed a small memory leak in WINGs/wview.c caused by not releasing the
+  background color of a view (Martin Frydl <martin.frydl@systinet.com>)
 
 
 Changes since version 0.91.0:
diff --git a/WINGs/wview.c b/WINGs/wview.c
index c1ec136c..be840a9f 100644
--- a/WINGs/wview.c
+++ b/WINGs/wview.c
@@ -450,6 +450,9 @@ destroyView(W_View *view)
 
     W_FreeViewXdndPart(view);
 
+    if (view->backColor)
+        WMReleaseColor(view->backColor);
+
     wfree(view);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/switchpanel.c b/src/switchpanel.c
index 51298ce4..594c141d 100644
--- a/src/switchpanel.c
+++ b/src/switchpanel.c
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ WSwitchPanel *wInitSwitchPanel(WScreen *scr, WWindow *curwin, int workspace)
 
     if (!panel->bg) {
         WMFrame *frame = WMCreateFrame(panel->win);
+        WMColor *darkGray = WMDarkGrayColor(scr->wmscreen);
         WMSetFrameRelief(frame, WRSimple);
         WMSetViewExpandsToParent(WMWidgetView(frame), 0, 0, 0, 0);
         
@@ -508,10 +509,11 @@ WSwitchPanel *wInitSwitchPanel(WScreen *scr, WWindow *curwin, int workspace)
         WMResizeWidget(panel->label, width, LABEL_HEIGHT);
         WMMoveWidget(panel->label, BORDER_SPACE, BORDER_SPACE+ICON_TILE_SIZE+5);
         WMSetLabelRelief(panel->label, WRSimple);
-        WMSetWidgetBackgroundColor(panel->label, WMDarkGrayColor(scr->wmscreen));
+        WMSetWidgetBackgroundColor(panel->label, darkGray);
         WMSetLabelFont(panel->label, panel->font);
         WMSetLabelTextColor(panel->label, panel->white);
         
+        WMReleaseColor(darkGray);
         height+= 5;
     }
     
@@ -604,6 +606,8 @@ void wSwitchPanelDestroy(WSwitchPanel *panel)
       RReleaseImage(panel->bg);
     if (panel->font)
       WMReleaseFont(panel->font);
+    if (panel->white)
+      WMReleaseColor(panel->white);
     wfree(panel);
 }