From f0b3c2e251a74a93c298b57f3b34cb5a55ddadff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lost Robot <34612565+LostRobotMusic@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:08:30 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix help menu crashes upon program close in Xpressive and
 Slew Distortion (#8150)

---
 plugins/SlewDistortion/SlewDistortionControlDialog.h | 4 ++--
 plugins/Xpressive/Xpressive.h                        | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/SlewDistortion/SlewDistortionControlDialog.h b/plugins/SlewDistortion/SlewDistortionControlDialog.h
index c7aec9179..836388815 100755
--- a/plugins/SlewDistortion/SlewDistortionControlDialog.h
+++ b/plugins/SlewDistortion/SlewDistortionControlDialog.h
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ class SlewDistortionHelpView : public QTextEdit
 public:
 	static SlewDistortionHelpView* getInstance()
 	{
-		static SlewDistortionHelpView instance;
-		return &instance;
+		static SlewDistortionHelpView* instance = new SlewDistortionHelpView;
+		return instance;
 	}
 
 private:
diff --git a/plugins/Xpressive/Xpressive.h b/plugins/Xpressive/Xpressive.h
index a50a3b4f2..d90025b40 100644
--- a/plugins/Xpressive/Xpressive.h
+++ b/plugins/Xpressive/Xpressive.h
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ class XpressiveHelpView: public QTextEdit
 public:
 	static XpressiveHelpView* getInstance()
 	{
-		static XpressiveHelpView instance;
-		return &instance;
+		static XpressiveHelpView* instance = new XpressiveHelpView;
+		return instance;
 	}
 	static void finalize()
 	{