diff --git a/src/cpp/main.cc b/src/cpp/main.cc
index 2db6d092..65b4708d 100644
--- a/src/cpp/main.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/main.cc
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ int main(int cpp_argc, char **cpp_argv) {
     zend_throw_exception_hook = throw_exception;
     zend_module_entry *module = php_embed_get_module();
 
-	if (zend_register_module_ex(module, MODULE_PERSISTENT) == NULL) {
+    if (zend_register_module_ex(module, MODULE_PERSISTENT) == NULL) {
         zend_error(E_ERROR, "Failed to register module [%s]", module->name);
-	}
+        return 255;
+    }
 
-	if (zend_startup_module_ex(module) == FAILURE) {
+    if (zend_startup_module_ex(module) == FAILURE) {
         zend_error(E_ERROR, "Failed to startup module [%s]", module->name);
-	}
+        return 255;
+    }
 
     int rc = 0;
 #if PPROF_ON
@@ -50,10 +52,15 @@ int main(int cpp_argc, char **cpp_argv) {
     php_app_clean();
     php::request_shutdown();
 
+    /**
+     * There is a bug in PHP's handling of internal strings. All interned strings are released in the request shutdown
+     * function, but then released again in the php_embed_shutdown function, resulting in a use-after-free issue. These
+     * must be manually removed from the module table to prevent double release.
+     */
     auto name_len = strlen(module->name);
-	auto lcname = zend_string_alloc(name_len, module->type == MODULE_PERSISTENT);
-	zend_str_tolower_copy(ZSTR_VAL(lcname), module->name, name_len);
-	zend_hash_del(&module_registry, lcname);
+    auto lcname = zend_string_alloc(name_len, module->type == MODULE_PERSISTENT);
+    zend_str_tolower_copy(ZSTR_VAL(lcname), module->name, name_len);
+    zend_hash_del(&module_registry, lcname);
 
     php_embed_shutdown();