diff --git a/src/quotedprintable.cpp b/src/quotedprintable.cpp
index ab56a36..83fd9b6 100644
--- a/src/quotedprintable.cpp
+++ b/src/quotedprintable.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 QString QuotedPrintable::encode(const QByteArray &input)
 {
-    QString *output = new QString();
+    QString output;
 
     char byte;
     const char hex[] = {'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'};
@@ -30,16 +30,14 @@ QString QuotedPrintable::encode(const QByteArray &input)
         byte = input[i];
 
         if ((byte == 0x20) || (byte >= 33) && (byte <= 126) && (byte != 61)) {
-            output->append(byte);
+            output.append(byte);
         }
         else {
-            output->append('=');
-            output->append(hex[((byte >> 4) & 0x0F)]);
-            output->append(hex[(byte & 0x0F)]);
+            output.append('=').append(hex[((byte >> 4) & 0x0F)]).append(hex[(byte & 0x0F)]);
         }
     }
 
-    return *output;
+    return output;
 }
 
 
@@ -48,19 +46,19 @@ QByteArray QuotedPrintable::decode(const QString &input)
     //                    0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  :  ;  <  =  >  ?  @  A   B   C   D   E   F
     const int hexVal[] = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15};
 
-    QByteArray *output = new QByteArray();
+    QByteArray output;
 
     for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); ++i)
     {
-        if (input.at(i).toAscii() == '=')
+        if (input.at(i).toLatin1() == '=')
         {
-            output->append((hexVal[input.at(++i).toAscii() - '0'] << 4) + hexVal[input.at(++i).toAscii() - '0']);
+            output.append((hexVal[input.at(++i).toLatin1() - '0'] << 4) + hexVal[input.at(++i).toLatin1() - '0']);
         }
         else
         {
-            output->append(input.at(i).toAscii());
+            output.append(input.at(i).toLatin1());
         }
     }
 
-    return *output;
+    return output;
 }