diff --git a/auditd-plugin-clickhouse.cpp b/auditd-plugin-clickhouse.cpp
index 07a9902..e8fbce9 100644
--- a/auditd-plugin-clickhouse.cpp
+++ b/auditd-plugin-clickhouse.cpp
@@ -1020,6 +1020,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				if (readsize > 0)
 				{
 					auparse_feed(au.get(), data, readsize);
+
+					// assume that data wasn't split, and flush it
+					// otherwise, libauparse keeps increasing it's memory footprint
+					auparse_flush_feed(au.get());
 				}
 				else
 				{