diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 4dadcf7ac..a6a1d4c29 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ QStringList MainWindow::SelectFilesToCheck(QFileDialog::FileMode mode)
     // QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory() because they show native Windows
     // selection dialog which is a lot more usable than QT:s own dialog.
     if (mode == QFileDialog::ExistingFiles) {
-        SelectFilesDialog *dialog = new SelectFilesDialog;
-        dialog->exec();
+        SelectFilesDialog dialog(this);
+        dialog.exec();
         /*
                 selected = QFileDialog::getOpenFileNames(this,
                            tr("Select files to check"),
diff --git a/gui/selectfilesdialog.cpp b/gui/selectfilesdialog.cpp
index 11d78c91d..192526e2e 100644
--- a/gui/selectfilesdialog.cpp
+++ b/gui/selectfilesdialog.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public:
 
 
 
-SelectFilesDialog::SelectFilesDialog() : QDialog()
+SelectFilesDialog::SelectFilesDialog(QWidget *w) : QDialog(w)
 {
     setModal(true);
 
diff --git a/gui/selectfilesdialog.h b/gui/selectfilesdialog.h
index 23f83be78..4fe925efb 100644
--- a/gui/selectfilesdialog.h
+++ b/gui/selectfilesdialog.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 class SelectFilesDialog : public QDialog {
 public:
-    SelectFilesDialog();
+    SelectFilesDialog(QWidget *w);
 };
 
 #endif