diff --git a/sqlite-vec.c b/sqlite-vec.c
index ab77083c..7a52250a 100644
--- a/sqlite-vec.c
+++ b/sqlite-vec.c
@@ -10871,6 +10871,15 @@ struct vec_static_blob_data {
   static_blob static_blobs[MAX_STATIC_BLOBS];
 };
 
+/** Frees the registry and the names vec_static_blobsUpdate() copied in. */
+static void vec_static_blob_data_free(void *p) {
+  vec_static_blob_data *data = p;
+  for (int i = 0; i < MAX_STATIC_BLOBS; i++) {
+    sqlite3_free(data->static_blobs[i].name);
+  }
+  sqlite3_free(data);
+}
+
 typedef struct vec_static_blobs_vtab vec_static_blobs_vtab;
 struct vec_static_blobs_vtab {
   sqlite3_vtab base;
@@ -11177,7 +11186,10 @@ static int vec_static_blob_entriesOpen(sqlite3_vtab *p,
 
 static int vec_static_blob_entriesClose(sqlite3_vtab_cursor *cur) {
   vec_static_blob_entries_cursor *pCur = (vec_static_blob_entries_cursor *)cur;
-  sqlite3_free(pCur->knn_data);
+  if (pCur->knn_data) {
+    sbe_query_knn_data_clear(pCur->knn_data);
+    sqlite3_free(pCur->knn_data);
+  }
   sqlite3_free(pCur);
   return SQLITE_OK;
 }
@@ -11358,7 +11370,7 @@ static int vec_static_blob_entriesFilter(sqlite3_vtab_cursor *pVtabCursor,
     }
 
     bitmap_fill(candidates, bsize);
-    for (size_t i = bsize; i >= p->blob->nvectors; i--) {
+    for (size_t i = p->blob->nvectors; i < bsize; i++) {
       bitmap_set(candidates, i, 0);
     }
     i32 k_used = 0;
@@ -11657,7 +11669,7 @@ sqlite3_vec_static_blobs_init(sqlite3 *db, char **pzErrMsg,
     return rc;
 
   rc = sqlite3_create_module_v2(db, "vec_static_blobs", &vec_static_blobsModule,
-                                static_blob_data, sqlite3_free);
+                                static_blob_data, vec_static_blob_data_free);
   if (rc != SQLITE_OK)
     return rc;
   rc = sqlite3_create_module_v2(db, "vec_static_blob_entries",
diff --git a/tests/test-loadable.py b/tests/test-loadable.py
index 0ef935c5..9f64406a 100644
--- a/tests/test-loadable.py
+++ b/tests/test-loadable.py
@@ -264,6 +264,19 @@ def test_vec_static_blob_entries():
     ]
 
 
+def test_vec_static_blob_entries_knn_with_whole_candidate_bytes():
+    # 64 vectors fill the KNN's candidate bitmap to its last byte. The blob
+    # reads the array's memory, so the array stays referenced while it is queried.
+    db = connect(EXT_PATH, extra_entrypoint="sqlite3_vec_static_blobs_init")
+    vectors = np.array([[i / 64] * 4 for i in range(64)], np.float32)
+    register_numpy(db, "w", vectors)
+    rows = db.execute(
+        "select rowid from w where vector match ? and k = 3 order by distance",
+        [np.array([0.5] * 4, dtype=np.float32)],
+    ).fetchall()
+    assert [r[0] for r in rows] == [32, 33, 31]
+
+
 def test_limits():
     db = connect(EXT_PATH)
     with _raises(