diff --git a/widgets/coreWidget/SideElement.cc b/widgets/coreWidget/SideElement.cc
index 0b1a933bea0534ef2f33b9146b6f32bd5e791d89..a63764a0d2bea20ac87c1c68b0f1f8618daf3012 100644
--- a/widgets/coreWidget/SideElement.cc
+++ b/widgets/coreWidget/SideElement.cc
@@ -129,8 +129,10 @@ SideElement::SideElement (SideArea *_parent, QWidget *_w, QString _name, QIcon*
 
 SideElement::~SideElement ()
 {
-  if (dialog_)
+  if (dialog_) {
+    disconnect(dialog_,SIGNAL(finished(int)),this,SLOT(dialogClosed()));
     dialog_->close ();
+  }
   widget_->setParent (0);
 }