diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3e522af8e..5ffd4335d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2008-05-18	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* src/gui/fx_mixer_view.cpp:
+	do not destroy FX-mixer-view when closing
+
 	* plugins/ladspa_effect/ladspa_effect.cpp:
 	added "Notch Filter" to blacklist
 
diff --git a/src/gui/fx_mixer_view.cpp b/src/gui/fx_mixer_view.cpp
index 45c104b63..8077045a8 100644
--- a/src/gui/fx_mixer_view.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/fx_mixer_view.cpp
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ fxMixerView::fxMixerView() :
 
 	// add ourself to workspace
 	engine::getMainWindow()->workspace()->addSubWindow( this );
+	parentWidget()->setAttribute( Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, FALSE );
 
 	// we want to receive dataChanged-signals in order to update
 	setModel( m );