diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
         urls.append(urls.last());
     }
 
-    DolphinMainWindow* mainWindow = new DolphinMainWindow();
+    QPointer<DolphinMainWindow> mainWindow = new DolphinMainWindow();
     mainWindow->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
 
     if (parser.isSet(QStringLiteral("select"))) {