diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6fee591d..2963f75e 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   Search::init();
   Eval::init();
   Pawns::init();
-  Threads.init();
   Tablebases::init(Options["SyzygyPath"]);
   TT.resize(Options["Hash"]);
+  Threads.init();
 
   UCI::loop(argc, argv);
 
   Threads.exit();
+  Tablebases::free();
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/syzygy/tbprobe.cpp b/src/syzygy/tbprobe.cpp
index e75a0da2..a1e4f304 100644
--- a/src/syzygy/tbprobe.cpp
+++ b/src/syzygy/tbprobe.cpp
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ WDLScore probe_ab(Position& pos, WDLScore alpha, WDLScore beta, int *success)
 
 } // namespace
 
-void Tablebases::init(const std::string& paths)
+void Tablebases::free()
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < TBnum_piece; ++i)
         free_wdl_entry(&TB_piece[i]);
@@ -1794,6 +1794,12 @@ void Tablebases::init(const std::string& paths)
 
     TBnum_piece = TBnum_pawn = 0;
     MaxCardinality = 0;
+}
+
+void Tablebases::init(const std::string& paths)
+{
+
+    Tablebases::free();
     TBPaths = paths;
 
     if (TBPaths.empty() || TBPaths == "<empty>")
@@ -2373,4 +2379,3 @@ bool Tablebases::root_probe_wdl(Position& pos, Search::RootMoves& rootMoves, Val
 
     return true;
 }
-
diff --git a/src/syzygy/tbprobe.h b/src/syzygy/tbprobe.h
index 3bc63b8e..616b2d98 100644
--- a/src/syzygy/tbprobe.h
+++ b/src/syzygy/tbprobe.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ enum WDLScore {
 extern int MaxCardinality;
 
 void init(const std::string& paths);
+void free();
 WDLScore probe_wdl(Position& pos, int* success);
 int probe_dtz(Position& pos, int* success);
 bool root_probe(Position& pos, Search::RootMoves& rootMoves, Value& score);