diff --git a/IntegrationTests/JavaScriptKitExec/Sources/JavaScriptKitExec/main.swift b/IntegrationTests/JavaScriptKitExec/Sources/JavaScriptKitExec/main.swift
index 8bc2cd1c8..a5fca9a59 100644
--- a/IntegrationTests/JavaScriptKitExec/Sources/JavaScriptKitExec/main.swift
+++ b/IntegrationTests/JavaScriptKitExec/Sources/JavaScriptKitExec/main.swift
@@ -299,3 +299,27 @@ Object_Conversion: do {
 } catch {
     print(error)
 }
+
+ObjectRef_Lifetime: do {
+    // ```js
+    // global.globalObject1 = {
+    //   "prop_1": {
+    //     "nested_prop": 1,
+    //   },
+    //   "prop_2": 2,
+    //   "prop_3": true,
+    //   "prop_4": [
+    //     3, 4, "str_elm_1", 5,
+    //   ],
+    //   ...
+    // }
+    // ```
+
+    let identity = JSClosure { $0[0] }
+    let ref1 = getJSValue(this: .global, name: "globalObject1").object!
+    let ref2 = identity(ref1).object!
+    try expectEqual(ref1.prop_2, .number(2))
+    try expectEqual(ref2.prop_2, .number(2))
+} catch {
+    print(error)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Runtime/src/index.ts b/Runtime/src/index.ts
index 9084af7e0..b37756789 100644
--- a/Runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/Runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -50,22 +50,29 @@ class SwiftRuntimeHeap {
     allocHeap(value: any) {
         const isObject = typeof value == "object"
         if (isObject && value.swjs_heap_id) {
+            value.swjs_heap_rc++;
             return value.swjs_heap_id
         }
         const id = this._heapNextKey++;
         this._heapValues.set(id, value)
-        if (isObject)
+        if (isObject) {
             Reflect.set(value, "swjs_heap_id", id);
+            Reflect.set(value, "swjs_heap_rc", 1);
+        }
         return id
     }
 
     freeHeap(ref: ref) {
         const value = this._heapValues.get(ref);
         const isObject = typeof value == "object"
-        if (isObject && value.swjs_heap_id) {
+        if (isObject) {
+            const rc = --value.swjs_heap_rc;
+            if (rc != 0) return;
             delete value.swjs_heap_id;
+            this._heapValues.delete(ref)
+        } else {
+            this._heapValues.delete(ref)
         }
-        this._heapValues.delete(ref)
     }
 
     referenceHeap(ref: ref) {