diff --git a/cs677/pa4/maximum-parsimony.cc b/cs677/pa4/maximum-parsimony.cc
index 9743e61..70b4934 100644
--- a/cs677/pa4/maximum-parsimony.cc
+++ b/cs677/pa4/maximum-parsimony.cc
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
             if (processes_lowest_costs[i] < processes_lowest_costs[min_process])
                 min_process = i;
         }
-        cout << endl;
+        cout << endl << endl;
     }
     MPI_Bcast(&min_process, 1, MPI_INT, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
     if (my_rank == min_process)
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ void evalPermutation(int * array)
             lowest_cost_tree = tree;
             save_tree = true;
         }
+        if (!save_tree)
+            delete tree;
     }
-    if (!save_tree)
-        delete tree;
     invocation++;
 }