diff --git a/core/runtime/TRTEngine.cpp b/core/runtime/TRTEngine.cpp
index 6d4f4904c7..9d579b28d1 100644
--- a/core/runtime/TRTEngine.cpp
+++ b/core/runtime/TRTEngine.cpp
@@ -41,18 +41,14 @@ TRTEngine::TRTEngine(std::string mod_name, std::string serialized_engine, CudaDe
   device_info = cuda_device;
   set_cuda_device(device_info);
 
-  rt = nvinfer1::createInferRuntime(util::logging::get_logger());
+  rt = std::shared_ptr<nvinfer1::IRuntime>(nvinfer1::createInferRuntime(util::logging::get_logger()));
 
   name = slugify(mod_name) + "_engine";
 
-  cuda_engine = rt->deserializeCudaEngine(serialized_engine.c_str(), serialized_engine.size());
+  cuda_engine = std::shared_ptr<nvinfer1::ICudaEngine>(rt->deserializeCudaEngine(serialized_engine.c_str(), serialized_engine.size()));
   TRTORCH_CHECK((cuda_engine != nullptr), "Unable to deserialize the TensorRT engine");
 
-  // Easy way to get a unique name for each engine, maybe there is a more
-  // descriptive way (using something associated with the graph maybe)
-  id = reinterpret_cast<EngineID>(cuda_engine);
-
-  exec_ctx = cuda_engine->createExecutionContext();
+  exec_ctx = std::shared_ptr<nvinfer1::IExecutionContext>(cuda_engine->createExecutionContext());
 
   uint64_t inputs = 0;
   uint64_t outputs = 0;
@@ -74,7 +70,6 @@ TRTEngine::TRTEngine(std::string mod_name, std::string serialized_engine, CudaDe
 }
 
 TRTEngine& TRTEngine::operator=(const TRTEngine& other) {
-  id = other.id;
   rt = other.rt;
   cuda_engine = other.cuda_engine;
   device_info = other.device_info;
@@ -83,12 +78,6 @@ TRTEngine& TRTEngine::operator=(const TRTEngine& other) {
   return (*this);
 }
 
-TRTEngine::~TRTEngine() {
-  delete exec_ctx;
-  delete cuda_engine;
-  delete rt;
-}
-
 // TODO: Implement a call method
 // c10::List<at::Tensor> TRTEngine::Run(c10::List<at::Tensor> inputs) {
 //     auto input_vec = inputs.vec();
diff --git a/core/runtime/runtime.h b/core/runtime/runtime.h
index 7677e5b349..83e724bf8e 100644
--- a/core/runtime/runtime.h
+++ b/core/runtime/runtime.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <map>
+#include <memory>
 #include <utility>
 #include "ATen/core/function_schema.h"
 #include "NvInfer.h"
@@ -37,18 +38,17 @@ CudaDevice deserialize_device(std::string device_info);
 
 struct TRTEngine : torch::CustomClassHolder {
   // Each engine needs it's own runtime object
-  nvinfer1::IRuntime* rt;
-  nvinfer1::ICudaEngine* cuda_engine;
-  nvinfer1::IExecutionContext* exec_ctx;
+  std::shared_ptr<nvinfer1::IRuntime> rt;
+  std::shared_ptr<nvinfer1::ICudaEngine> cuda_engine;
+  std::shared_ptr<nvinfer1::IExecutionContext> exec_ctx;
   std::pair<uint64_t, uint64_t> num_io;
-  EngineID id;
   std::string name;
   CudaDevice device_info;
 
   std::unordered_map<uint64_t, uint64_t> in_binding_map;
   std::unordered_map<uint64_t, uint64_t> out_binding_map;
 
-  ~TRTEngine();
+  ~TRTEngine() = default;
   TRTEngine(std::string serialized_engine, CudaDevice cuda_device);
   TRTEngine(std::vector<std::string> serialized_info);
   TRTEngine(std::string mod_name, std::string serialized_engine, CudaDevice cuda_device);