diff --git a/src/Joystick/JoystickSDL.cc b/src/Joystick/JoystickSDL.cc
index 915d4c47fd473ba174853c7cb6bbc78b35d33164..9e96eebfe5c82adba426633d156bd8614bb5604d 100644
--- a/src/Joystick/JoystickSDL.cc
+++ b/src/Joystick/JoystickSDL.cc
@@ -145,7 +145,10 @@ void JoystickSDL::_close(void) {
 
         if (SDL_JoystickInstanceID(sdlJoystick) != -1) {
             qCDebug(JoystickLog) << "\tID:" << SDL_JoystickInstanceID(sdlJoystick);
-            SDL_JoystickClose(sdlJoystick);
+            // This segfaults so often, and I've spent so much time trying to find the cause and fix it
+            // I think this might be an SDL bug
+            // We are much more stable just commenting this out
+            //SDL_JoystickClose(sdlJoystick);
         }
     }