diff --git a/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp b/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
index a778fd00..ddfc838d 100644
--- a/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ PTextEdit::PTextEdit( QWidget *parent )
   fMsr2DataParam = nullptr;
   fFindReplaceData = nullptr;
 
-  fTabWidget = nullptr;
-
   // setup menus
   setupFileActions();
   setupEditActions();
@@ -131,9 +129,9 @@ PTextEdit::PTextEdit( QWidget *parent )
   setupMusrActions();
   setupHelpActions();
 
-  fTabWidget = new QTabWidget( this );
+  fTabWidget = std::make_unique<QTabWidget>( this );
   fTabWidget->setMovable(true); // allows to shuffle around tabs
-  setCentralWidget( fTabWidget );
+  setCentralWidget( fTabWidget.get() );
 
   textFamily(fAdmin->getFontName());
   textSize(QString("%1").arg(fAdmin->getFontSize()));
@@ -154,7 +152,7 @@ PTextEdit::PTextEdit( QWidget *parent )
     fileNew();
   }
 
-  connect( fTabWidget, SIGNAL( currentChanged(int) ), this, SLOT( applyFontSettings(int) ));
+  connect( fTabWidget.get(), SIGNAL( currentChanged(int) ), this, SLOT( applyFontSettings(int) ));
 
   fLastDirInUse = fAdmin->getDefaultSavePath();
 }
diff --git a/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.h b/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.h
index 58e10a2a..0ef6cb9e 100644
--- a/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.h
+++ b/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.h
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ private:
   std::unique_ptr<QComboBox> fComboSize; ///< combo box for the font size
   bool fFontChanging; ///< flag needed to prevent some textChanged feature to occure when only the font changed
 
-  QTabWidget *fTabWidget; ///< tab widget in which the text editor(s) are placed
+  std::unique_ptr<QTabWidget> fTabWidget; ///< tab widget in which the text editor(s) are placed
   QMap<PSubTextEdit*, QString> fFilenames; ///< mapper between tab widget object and filename
 
   QMenu *fRecentFilesMenu;   ///< recent file menu