diff --git a/src/widget/systemtrayicon.cpp b/src/widget/systemtrayicon.cpp
index f9df37445..3a02c4acd 100644
--- a/src/widget/systemtrayicon.cpp
+++ b/src/widget/systemtrayicon.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ SystemTrayIcon::SystemTrayIcon()
 SystemTrayIcon::~SystemTrayIcon()
 {
     qDebug() << "Deleting SystemTrayIcon";
+    delete qtIcon;
 }
 
 QString SystemTrayIcon::extractIconToFile(QIcon icon, QString name)
diff --git a/src/widget/systemtrayicon.h b/src/widget/systemtrayicon.h
index 48c151fb5..69d06e440 100644
--- a/src/widget/systemtrayicon.h
+++ b/src/widget/systemtrayicon.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ private:
 
 private:
     SystrayBackendType backendType;
-    QSystemTrayIcon* qtIcon;
+    QSystemTrayIcon* qtIcon = nullptr;
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_SYSTRAY_UNITY_BACKEND
     AppIndicator *unityIndicator;