diff --git a/src/gui/parafieldwidget.cpp b/src/gui/parafieldwidget.cpp
index 404c1272..3896ffff 100644
--- a/src/gui/parafieldwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/parafieldwidget.cpp
@@ -1,66 +1,73 @@
 /***************************************************************************
     Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Robby Stephenson <robby@periapsis.org>
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 /***************************************************************************
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
  *   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as        *
  *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of        *
  *   the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version        *
  *   accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved     *
  *   by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy            *
  *   defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.                    *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
  *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
  *                                                                         *
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
  *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "parafieldwidget.h"
 #include "../field.h"
 
 #include <KTextEdit>
 
 using Tellico::GUI::ParaFieldWidget;
 
 ParaFieldWidget::ParaFieldWidget(Tellico::Data::FieldPtr field_, QWidget* parent_)
     : FieldWidget(field_, parent_) {
 
   m_textEdit = new KTextEdit(this);
   m_textEdit->setAcceptRichText(false);
   if(field_->property(QStringLiteral("spellcheck")) != QLatin1String("false")) {
     m_textEdit->setCheckSpellingEnabled(true);
   }
   void (KTextEdit::* textChanged)() = &KTextEdit::textChanged;
   connect(m_textEdit, textChanged, this, &ParaFieldWidget::checkModified);
 
   registerWidget();
 }
 
+ParaFieldWidget::~ParaFieldWidget() {
+  // saw a crash when closing Tellico and the KTextEdit d'tor called ~QSyntaxHighlighter()
+  // when ultimately signaled a valueChange for some reason, so disconnect
+  void (KTextEdit::* textChanged)() = &KTextEdit::textChanged;
+  disconnect(m_textEdit, textChanged, this, &ParaFieldWidget::checkModified);
+}
+
 QString ParaFieldWidget::text() const {
   QString text = m_textEdit->toPlainText();
   text.replace(QLatin1Char('\n'), QLatin1String("<br/>"));
   return text;
 }
 
 void ParaFieldWidget::setTextImpl(const QString& text_) {
   QRegExp rx(QLatin1String("<br/?>"), Qt::CaseInsensitive);
   QString s = text_;
   s.replace(rx, QStringLiteral("\n"));
   m_textEdit->setPlainText(s);
 }
 
 void ParaFieldWidget::clearImpl() {
   m_textEdit->clear();
   editMultiple(false);
 }
 
 QWidget* ParaFieldWidget::widget() {
   return m_textEdit;
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/parafieldwidget.h b/src/gui/parafieldwidget.h
index 8e6526fe..1931d72c 100644
--- a/src/gui/parafieldwidget.h
+++ b/src/gui/parafieldwidget.h
@@ -1,61 +1,61 @@
 /***************************************************************************
     Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Robby Stephenson <robby@periapsis.org>
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 /***************************************************************************
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
  *   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as        *
  *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of        *
  *   the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version        *
  *   accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved     *
  *   by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy            *
  *   defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.                    *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
  *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
  *                                                                         *
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
  *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #ifndef TELLICO_PARAFIELDWIDGET_H
 #define TELLICO_PARAFIELDWIDGET_H
 
 #include "fieldwidget.h"
 #include "../datavectors.h"
 
 class KTextEdit;
 
 namespace Tellico {
   namespace GUI {
 
 /**
  * @author Robby Stephenson
  */
 class ParaFieldWidget : public FieldWidget {
 Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
   ParaFieldWidget(Data::FieldPtr field, QWidget* parent);
-  virtual ~ParaFieldWidget() {}
+  virtual ~ParaFieldWidget();
 
   virtual QString text() const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
   virtual void setTextImpl(const QString& text) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
   virtual void clearImpl() Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
 
 protected:
   virtual QWidget* widget() Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
 
 private:
   KTextEdit* m_textEdit;
 };
 
   } // end GUI namespace
 } // end namespace
 #endif