diff --git a/src/lib/deskflow/FileChunk.cpp b/src/lib/deskflow/FileChunk.cpp
index 2da3f3cc6..01896c062 100644
--- a/src/lib/deskflow/FileChunk.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/deskflow/FileChunk.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ FileChunk::FileChunk(size_t size) : Chunk(size)
 FileChunk *FileChunk::start(const std::string &size)
 {
   size_t sizeLength = size.size();
-  FileChunk *start = new FileChunk(sizeLength + FILE_CHUNK_META_SIZE);
+  auto *start = new FileChunk(sizeLength + FILE_CHUNK_META_SIZE);
   char *chunk = start->m_chunk;
   chunk[0] = kDataStart;
   memcpy(&chunk[1], size.c_str(), sizeLength);
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ FileChunk *FileChunk::start(const std::string &size)
 
 FileChunk *FileChunk::data(uint8_t *data, size_t dataSize)
 {
-  FileChunk *chunk = new FileChunk(dataSize + FILE_CHUNK_META_SIZE);
+  auto *chunk = new FileChunk(dataSize + FILE_CHUNK_META_SIZE);
   char *chunkData = chunk->m_chunk;
   chunkData[0] = kDataChunk;
   memcpy(&chunkData[1], data, dataSize);
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ FileChunk *FileChunk::data(uint8_t *data, size_t dataSize)
 
 FileChunk *FileChunk::end()
 {
-  FileChunk *end = new FileChunk(FILE_CHUNK_META_SIZE);
+  auto *end = new FileChunk(FILE_CHUNK_META_SIZE);
   char *chunk = end->m_chunk;
   chunk[0] = kDataEnd;
   chunk[1] = '\0';