diff --git a/src/genericutils/plugin.cpp b/src/genericutils/plugin.cpp
index 526436dc..1e19acd4 100644
--- a/src/genericutils/plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/genericutils/plugin.cpp
@@ -1,50 +1,53 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright (C) 2017 by Bluesystems                                     *
  *   Author : Emmanuel Lepage Vallee <elv1313@gmail.com>                   *
  *                                                                         *
  *   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 3 of the License, or     *
  *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
  *                                                                         *
  *   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 "plugin.h"
 
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
 #include <QtWidgets/QAction>
 #include <QQmlEngine>
 
 #include "treehelper.h"
 #include "symboliccolorizer.h"
 #include "fileloader.h"
 
 #include "qrc_qmlwidgets.cpp"
 
 void GenericUtils::registerTypes(const char *uri)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(uri == QLatin1String("org.kde.ringkde.genericutils"));
 
     qmlRegisterType<QAction>(uri, 1, 0, "QAction");
 
     qmlRegisterType<TreeHelper>(uri, 1, 0, "TreeHelper");
     qmlRegisterType<FileLoader>(uri, 1, 0, "FileLoader");
     qmlRegisterType(QStringLiteral("qrc:/qml/outlinebutton.qml"), uri, 1, 0, "OutlineButton");
     qmlRegisterType(QStringLiteral("qrc:/qml/outlinebuttons.qml"), uri, 1, 0, "OutlineButtons");
     qmlRegisterType(QStringLiteral("qrc:/qml/actionswitch.qml"), uri, 1, 0, "ActionSwitch");
 }
 
 void GenericUtils::initializeEngine(QQmlEngine *engine, const char *uri)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(engine)
     Q_UNUSED(uri)
 
-    static SymbolicColorizer p;
-    engine->addImageProvider( QStringLiteral("SymbolicColorizer"), &p);
+    // It cannot be static because the ownership is transferred to QtQuick
+    // and it gets GC-ed when quitting.
+    auto p = new SymbolicColorizer;
+
+    engine->addImageProvider( QStringLiteral("SymbolicColorizer"), p);
 }