diff --git a/examples/PlotWidget.py b/examples/PlotWidget.py
index e52a893d..38bbc73c 100644
--- a/examples/PlotWidget.py
+++ b/examples/PlotWidget.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import pyqtgraph as pg
 
 #QtGui.QApplication.setGraphicsSystem('raster')
-app = QtGui.QApplication([])
+app = pg.mkQApp()
 mw = QtGui.QMainWindow()
 mw.setWindowTitle('pyqtgraph example: PlotWidget')
 mw.resize(800,800)
diff --git a/pyqtgraph/Qt.py b/pyqtgraph/Qt.py
index ef19fc63..25cb488f 100644
--- a/pyqtgraph/Qt.py
+++ b/pyqtgraph/Qt.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This module exists to smooth out some of the differences between PySide and PyQt
 
 """
 
-import os, sys, re, time, subprocess
+import os, sys, re, time, subprocess, warnings
 
 from .python2_3 import asUnicode
 
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ def _loadUiType(uiFile):
 
     # convert ui file to python code
     if pysideuic is None:
+        if PySide2.__version__[:5].split('.')[:2] == ['5', '14']:
+            warnings.warn('For UI compilation, it is recommended to upgrade to PySide >= 5.15')
         uipy = subprocess.check_output(['pyside2-uic', uiFile])
     else:
         o = _StringIO()