diff --git a/plugins/spender/main.c b/plugins/spender/main.c
index 90264ca53..a1f23e050 100644
--- a/plugins/spender/main.c
+++ b/plugins/spender/main.c
@@ -18,30 +18,28 @@ const char *spender_init(struct plugin *p, const char *b, const jsmntok_t *t)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	char *owner = tal(NULL, char);
 	struct plugin_command *commands;
 	struct plugin_notification *notifs;
 
 	setup_locale();
 
-	commands = tal_arr(owner, struct plugin_command, 0);
+	commands = tal_arr(NULL, struct plugin_command, 0);
 
 	tal_expand(&commands, multiwithdraw_commands, num_multiwithdraw_commands);
 	tal_expand(&commands, fundchannel_commands, num_fundchannel_commands);
 	tal_expand(&commands, multifundchannel_commands, num_multifundchannel_commands);
 	/* tal_expand(&commands, whatever_commands, num_whatever_commands); */
 
-	notifs = tal_arr(owner, struct plugin_notification, 0);
+	notifs = tal_arr(NULL, struct plugin_notification, 0);
 	tal_expand(&notifs, openchannel_notifs, num_openchannel_notifs);
 
 	plugin_main(argv, &spender_init, PLUGIN_STATIC, true,
 		    NULL,
-		    commands, tal_count(commands),
-		    notifs, tal_count(notifs),
+		    take(commands), tal_count(commands),
+		    take(notifs), tal_count(notifs),
 		    NULL, 0,
 		    NULL, 0, /* Notification topics */
 		    NULL);
 
-	tal_free(owner);
 	return 0;
 }