diff --git a/src/FactSystem/SettingsFact.cc b/src/FactSystem/SettingsFact.cc
index d4915cd0d6591e278665b2809f3590b07e0bac23..1f673d938f421d7563a27c0733d58f34aff17891 100644
--- a/src/FactSystem/SettingsFact.cc
+++ b/src/FactSystem/SettingsFact.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 SettingsFact::SettingsFact(QObject* parent)
     : Fact(parent)
 {    
-
+    QQmlEngine::setObjectOwnership(this, QQmlEngine::CppOwnership);
 }
 
 SettingsFact::SettingsFact(QString settingGroup, FactMetaData* metaData, QObject* parent)