diff --git a/desktop_version/src/BinaryBlob.cpp b/desktop_version/src/BinaryBlob.cpp
index 0850e4bd..01abcead 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/BinaryBlob.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/BinaryBlob.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ void binaryBlob::AddFileToBinaryBlob(const char* _path)
 		fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
 
 		memblock = (char*) SDL_malloc(size);
+		if (memblock == NULL)
+		{
+			VVV_exit(1);
+		}
 		fread(memblock, 1, size, file);
 
 		fclose(file);
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.cpp b/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.cpp
index 074460ed..cc8a774c 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/FileSystemUtils.cpp
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 #include <physfs.h>
 #include <SDL.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <tinyxml2.h>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "Exit.h"
 #include "Graphics.h"
 #include "UtilityClass.h"
 
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ void FILESYSTEM_loadFileToMemory(
 
 		++length;
 		*mem = static_cast<unsigned char*>(SDL_malloc(length)); // STDIN_BUFFER.data() causes double-free
+		if (*mem == NULL)
+		{
+			VVV_exit(1);
+		}
 		std::copy(STDIN_BUFFER.begin(), STDIN_BUFFER.end(), reinterpret_cast<char*>(*mem));
 		return;
 	}
@@ -276,11 +280,19 @@ void FILESYSTEM_loadFileToMemory(
 	if (addnull)
 	{
 		*mem = (unsigned char *) SDL_malloc(length + 1);
+		if (*mem == NULL)
+		{
+			VVV_exit(1);
+		}
 		(*mem)[length] = 0;
 	}
 	else
 	{
 		*mem = (unsigned char*) SDL_malloc(length);
+		if (*mem == NULL)
+		{
+			VVV_exit(1);
+		}
 	}
 	int success = PHYSFS_readBytes(handle, *mem, length);
 	if (success == -1)
@@ -495,6 +507,10 @@ static void PLATFORM_copyFile(const char *oldLocation, const char *newLocation)
 	length = ftell(file);
 	fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
 	data = (char*) SDL_malloc(length);
+	if (data == NULL)
+	{
+		VVV_exit(1);
+	}
 	bytes_read = fread(data, 1, length, file);
 	fclose(file);
 	if (bytes_read != length)