diff --git a/components/shellprivate/widgetexplorer/widgetexplorer.cpp b/components/shellprivate/widgetexplorer/widgetexplorer.cpp
--- a/components/shellprivate/widgetexplorer/widgetexplorer.cpp
+++ b/components/shellprivate/widgetexplorer/widgetexplorer.cpp
@@ -78,11 +78,6 @@
         });
     }
 
-    ~WidgetExplorerPrivate()
-    {
-        delete newStuffDialog;
-    }
-
     void initFilters();
     void initRunningApplets();
     void containmentDestroyed();
@@ -448,8 +443,9 @@
 void WidgetExplorer::downloadWidgets()
 {
     if (!d->newStuffDialog) {
-        d->newStuffDialog = new KNS3::DownloadDialog(QLatin1String("plasmoids.knsrc"));
+        d->newStuffDialog = new KNS3::DownloadDialog( QLatin1String("plasmoids.knsrc") );
         d->newStuffDialog.data()->setWindowTitle(i18n("Download New Plasma Widgets"));
+        connect(d->newStuffDialog.data(), SIGNAL(accepted()), SLOT(newStuffFinished()));
     }
     d->newStuffDialog.data()->show();