From 29352d97b3ebf709258332c4d2cf69eac933f73f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Bolton <nick@symless.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:00:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(core): Destroy temporary QCoreApplication before creating
 the real one

---
 src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp b/src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp
index e4d1b37ea..3da8edd3d 100644
--- a/src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ App *createApp(const CoreArgParser &parser, EventQueue &events, const QString &p
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
-  // HACK to make sure settings gets the correct qApp path
-  QCoreApplication m(argc, argv);
-  m.deleteLater();
+  {
+    // HACK to make sure settings gets the correct qApp path
+    QCoreApplication m(argc, argv);
+  }
 
   ArchMiscWindows::setInstanceWin32(GetModuleHandle(nullptr));
 #endif