diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C
index 6157421f45..2615e34462 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.C
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ GuiView::GuiView(int id)
 	setAttribute(Qt::WA_QuitOnClose, false);
 	// FIXME: the following statement avoids memory leaks but produces a
 	//        crash after a new window has been closed (click into the menu)
-	//setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, false);
+	//setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, true);
 
 	// hardcode here the platform specific icon size
 	d.smallIconSize = 14;	// scaling problems