diff --git a/Source/PluginProcessor.cpp b/Source/PluginProcessor.cpp
index 4a6c42f..0a8b5d9 100644
--- a/Source/PluginProcessor.cpp
+++ b/Source/PluginProcessor.cpp
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ void JaySynthAudioProcessor::commitEditBuffer()
 
 void JaySynthAudioProcessor::patch2xml(XmlElement *xml, JaySynthSound const *patch)
 {
-	ScopedPointer<XmlElement> xml_patch = xml->createNewChildElement("Patch");
+	XmlElement *xml_patch = xml->createNewChildElement("Patch");
 	xml_patch->setAttribute ("NAME", patch->getName());
 	for (int i=0; i < SYNTH_NUM_PARAMS; i++)
 	{
@@ -739,10 +739,10 @@ void JaySynthAudioProcessor::xml2patch(const XmlElement *xml, JaySynthSound *pat
 
 void JaySynthAudioProcessor::bank2xml(XmlElement *xml)
 {
-	ScopedPointer<XmlElement> xml_bank = xml->createNewChildElement("Bank");
+	XmlElement *xml_bank = xml->createNewChildElement("Bank");
 	for (int i=0; i < NUM_PROGRAMS; i++)
 	{
-		ScopedPointer<XmlElement> xml_program = xml_bank->createNewChildElement (String("Program_") + String(i));
+		XmlElement *xml_program = xml_bank->createNewChildElement (String("Program_") + String(i));
 		JaySynthSound *pPatch = &patches[i];
 		xml_program->setAttribute ("ID", i);
 		patch2xml(xml_program, pPatch);
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ void JaySynthAudioProcessor::getStateInformation (MemoryBlock& destData)
 	commitEditBuffer();
 
 	// Create an outer XML element..
-	XmlElement *xml = new XmlElement("JSynth");
+	ScopedPointer <XmlElement> xml = new XmlElement("JSynth");
 	bank2xml(xml);
 	
 	setCurrentProgram(getCurrentProgram());
@@ -814,11 +814,11 @@ void JaySynthAudioProcessor::setStateInformation (const void* data, int sizeInBy
     {
 		if (xml->hasTagName ("JSynth"))
 		{
-			xml = xml->getFirstChildElement();
-			if (xml->hasTagName ("Bank"))
+			XmlElement *xml2 = xml->getFirstChildElement();
+			if (xml2->hasTagName ("Bank"))
 			{
-				xml = xml->getFirstChildElement();
-				xml2bank(xml);
+				XmlElement *xml3 = xml2->getFirstChildElement();
+				xml2bank(xml3);
 			}
 		}
    		setCurrentProgram(getCurrentProgram());