diff --git a/backend/windmill-duckdb-ffi-internal/src/lib.rs b/backend/windmill-duckdb-ffi-internal/src/lib.rs
index e2c918c3fe..cb5c43a018 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-duckdb-ffi-internal/src/lib.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-duckdb-ffi-internal/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ pub struct Arg {
     pub json_value: serde_json::Value,
 }
 
+// Freeing from the caller side crashes the runtime with jemalloc enabled (EXIT CODE 11 SEGFAULT)
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub extern "C" fn free_cstr(string: *mut c_char) -> () {
+    if string.is_null() {
+        return;
+    }
+    unsafe {
+        let _ = CString::from_raw(string);
+    }
+}
+
 #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
 pub extern "C" fn run_duckdb_ffi(
     query_block_list: *const *const c_char,
@@ -289,11 +300,11 @@ fn row_to_value(row: &Row<'_>, column_names: &[String]) -> Result<Box<RawValue>,
             duckdb::types::Value::UBigInt(u) => serde_json::Value::Number(u.into()),
             duckdb::types::Value::Float(f) => serde_json::Value::Number(
                 serde_json::Number::from_f64(f as f64)
-                    .ok_or_else(|| ("Could not convert to f64".to_string()))?,
+                    .ok_or_else(|| "Could not convert to f64".to_string())?,
             ),
             duckdb::types::Value::Double(f) => serde_json::Value::Number(
                 serde_json::Number::from_f64(f)
-                    .ok_or_else(|| ("Could not convert to f64".to_string()))?,
+                    .ok_or_else(|| "Could not convert to f64".to_string())?,
             ),
             duckdb::types::Value::Decimal(d) => serde_json::Value::String(d.to_string()),
             duckdb::types::Value::Timestamp(_, ts) => serde_json::Value::String(ts.to_string()),
@@ -401,7 +412,7 @@ fn json_value_to_duckdb_value(
                 "double" | "float8" => duckdb::types::Value::Double(v),
                 "decimal" | "numeric" => duckdb::types::Value::Decimal(
                     Decimal::from_f64(v)
-                        .ok_or_else(|| ("Could not convert f64 to Decimal".to_string()))?,
+                        .ok_or_else(|| "Could not convert f64 to Decimal".to_string())?,
                 ),
                 _ => duckdb::types::Value::Double(v), // default fallback
             }
@@ -436,7 +447,7 @@ fn string_to_duckdb_timestamp(s: &str) -> Result<duckdb::types::Value, String> {
 fn string_to_duckdb_date(s: &str) -> Result<duckdb::types::Value, String> {
     use chrono::Datelike;
     let date = chrono::NaiveDate::parse_from_str(s, "%Y-%m-%d")
-        .map_err(|e| (format!("Invalid date format: {}", e)))?;
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Invalid date format: {}", e))?;
     Ok(duckdb::types::Value::Date32(date.num_days_from_ce()))
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/windmill-worker/src/duckdb_executor.rs b/backend/windmill-worker/src/duckdb_executor.rs
index aea5f7be15..ceb0ccb96e 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-worker/src/duckdb_executor.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-worker/src/duckdb_executor.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::env;
-use std::ffi::{c_char, CString};
+use std::ffi::{c_char, CStr, CString};
 use std::ptr::NonNull;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ struct DuckDbFfiLib {
             column_order_ptr: *mut *mut c_char,
         ) -> *mut c_char,
     >,
+    free_cstr: Symbol<'static, unsafe extern "C" fn(string: *mut c_char) -> ()>,
 }
 
 impl DuckDbFfiLib {
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ impl DuckDbFfiLib {
         let lib = Box::leak(Box::new(lib));
         Ok(DuckDbFfiLib {
             run_duckdb_ffi: unsafe { lib.get(b"run_duckdb_ffi").map_err(to_anyhow)? },
+            free_cstr: unsafe { lib.get(b"free_cstr").map_err(to_anyhow)? },
         })
     }
 }
@@ -264,8 +266,9 @@ fn run_duckdb_ffi_safe<'a>(
     let w_id = CString::new(w_id).map_err(to_anyhow)?;
 
     let run_duckdb_ffi = &DuckDbFfiLib::get_singleton()?.run_duckdb_ffi;
+    let free_cstr = &DuckDbFfiLib::get_singleton()?.free_cstr;
     let mut column_order: *mut c_char = std::ptr::null_mut();
-    let result_cstr = unsafe {
+    let result_str = unsafe {
         let ptr = run_duckdb_ffi(
             query_block_list.as_ptr(),
             query_block_list_count,
@@ -275,27 +278,19 @@ fn run_duckdb_ffi_safe<'a>(
             w_id.as_ptr(),
             &mut column_order,
         );
-        CString::from_raw(ptr) // Using from_raw to take ownership and ensure it gets freed
+        let str = CStr::from_ptr(ptr).to_string_lossy().to_string();
+        free_cstr(ptr);
+        str
     };
 
     let column_order = if column_order.is_null() {
         None
     } else {
-        Some(unsafe {
-            serde_json::from_str::<Vec<String>>(&CString::from_raw(column_order).to_string_lossy())?
-        })
+        let str = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(column_order).to_string_lossy().to_string() };
+        unsafe { free_cstr(column_order) };
+        Some(serde_json::from_str::<Vec<String>>(&str)?)
     };
 
-    let result_str = result_cstr
-        .to_str()
-        .map_err(|e| {
-            Error::ExecutionErr(format!(
-                "Failed to convert result C string to Rust string: {}",
-                e.to_string()
-            ))
-        })?
-        .to_string();
-
     if result_str.starts_with("ERROR") {
         Err(Error::ExecutionErr(result_str[6..].to_string()))
     } else {