diff --git a/components/vfs/bsaarchive.cpp b/components/vfs/bsaarchive.cpp
index b550823861..c775ca6e44 100644
--- a/components/vfs/bsaarchive.cpp
+++ b/components/vfs/bsaarchive.cpp
@@ -7,15 +7,13 @@ namespace VFS
 
 BsaArchive::BsaArchive(const std::string &filename)
 {
-    mFile = nullptr;
-
     Bsa::BsaVersion bsaVersion = Bsa::TES4BSAFile::detectVersion(filename);
 
     if (bsaVersion == Bsa::BSAVER_TES4PLUS) {
-        mFile = new Bsa::TES4BSAFile();
+        mFile = std::make_unique<Bsa::TES4BSAFile>();
     }
     else {
-        mFile = new Bsa::BSAFile();
+        mFile = std::make_unique<Bsa::BSAFile>();
     }
 
     mFile->open(filename);
@@ -23,12 +21,11 @@ BsaArchive::BsaArchive(const std::string &filename)
     const Bsa::BSAFile::FileList &filelist = mFile->getList();
     for(Bsa::BSAFile::FileList::const_iterator it = filelist.begin();it != filelist.end();++it)
     {
-        mResources.push_back(BsaArchiveFile(&*it, mFile));
+        mResources.push_back(BsaArchiveFile(&*it, mFile.get()));
     }
 }
 
 BsaArchive::~BsaArchive() {
-    delete mFile;
 }
 
 void BsaArchive::listResources(std::map<std::string, File *> &out, char (*normalize_function)(char))
diff --git a/components/vfs/bsaarchive.hpp b/components/vfs/bsaarchive.hpp
index 0af9650132..a87f278c76 100644
--- a/components/vfs/bsaarchive.hpp
+++ b/components/vfs/bsaarchive.hpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace VFS
         virtual void listResources(std::map<std::string, File*>& out, char (*normalize_function) (char));
 
     private:
-        Bsa::BSAFile* mFile;
+        std::unique_ptr<Bsa::BSAFile> mFile;
         std::vector<BsaArchiveFile> mResources;
     };
 }