diff --git a/include/main_window.h b/include/main_window.h
index 20de79695..36dd4487b 100644
--- a/include/main_window.h
+++ b/include/main_window.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * main_window.h - declaration of class mainWindow, the main window of LMMS
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
  * 
  * This file is part of Linux MultiMedia Studio - http://lmms.sourceforge.net
  *
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class QMdiArea;
 class QCheckBox;
 class QRadioButton;
 
+class ResourceBrowser;
 class lcdSpinBox;
 class meterDialog;
 class automatableSlider;
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ private:
 
 	QBasicTimer m_updateTimer;
 
+	ResourceBrowser * m_resourceBrowser;
 
 	friend class engine;
 
diff --git a/src/gui/main_window.cpp b/src/gui/main_window.cpp
index dca547faa..69e250b88 100644
--- a/src/gui/main_window.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/main_window.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ mainWindow::mainWindow( void ) :
 	side_bar->appendTab( new pluginBrowser( splitter ), ++id );
 
 	// add a resource browser to sidebar
-	side_bar->appendTab( new ResourceBrowser( splitter ), ++id );
+	m_resourceBrowser = new ResourceBrowser( splitter );
+	side_bar->appendTab( m_resourceBrowser, ++id );
 
 
 	m_workspace = new QMdiArea( splitter );
@@ -195,6 +196,9 @@ mainWindow::~mainWindow()
 		delete *it;
 		delete m;
 	}
+
+	delete m_resourceBrowser;
+
 	// TODO: Close tools
 	// destroy engine which will do further cleanups etc.
 	engine::destroy();