diff --git a/Applications/FileIO/AsciiRasterInterface.cpp b/Applications/FileIO/AsciiRasterInterface.cpp
index 107c417c90f488ba2c16f24ab2485c7aac13a2e9..6c426a54bb0fd5ce8c0ab57cfc2bef89b06d26f5 100644
--- a/Applications/FileIO/AsciiRasterInterface.cpp
+++ b/Applications/FileIO/AsciiRasterInterface.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ GeoLib::Raster* AsciiRasterInterface::getRasterFromASCFile(std::string const& fn
     // header information
     GeoLib::RasterHeader header;
     if (readASCHeader(in, header)) {
-        auto* values = new double[header.n_cols * header.n_rows];
+        std::vector<double> values(header.n_cols * header.n_rows);
         std::string s;
         // read the data into the double-array
         for (std::size_t j(0); j < header.n_rows; ++j) {
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ GeoLib::Raster* AsciiRasterInterface::getRasterFromASCFile(std::string const& fn
         }
         in.close();
         GeoLib::Raster* raster(new GeoLib::Raster(
-            std::move(header), values, values + header.n_cols * header.n_rows));
-        delete [] values;
+            std::move(header), values.data(), values.data() + values.size()));
+
         return raster;
     }
     WARN("Raster::getRasterFromASCFile(): Could not read header of file {:s}",
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ GeoLib::Raster* AsciiRasterInterface::getRasterFromSurferFile(std::string const&
     if (readSurferHeader(in, header, min, max))
     {
         const double no_data_val (min-1);
-        auto* values = new double[header.n_cols * header.n_rows];
+        std::vector<double> values(header.n_cols * header.n_rows);
         std::string s;
         // read the data into the double-array
         for (std::size_t j(0); j < header.n_rows; ++j)
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ GeoLib::Raster* AsciiRasterInterface::getRasterFromSurferFile(std::string const&
         }
         in.close();
         GeoLib::Raster* raster(new GeoLib::Raster(
-            std::move(header), values, values + header.n_cols * header.n_rows));
-        delete [] values;
+            std::move(header), values.data(), values.data() + values.size()));
+
         return raster;
     }
     ERR("Raster::getRasterFromASCFile() - could not read header of file {:s}",