diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/mainmenu.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/mainmenu.cpp
index d77a2d0bcd..f178576f12 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/mainmenu.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/mainmenu.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         , mBackground(nullptr)
         , mVideoBackground(nullptr)
         , mVideo(nullptr)
-        , mSaveGameDialog(nullptr)
     {
         getWidget(mVersionText, "VersionText");
         mVersionText->setCaption(versionDescription);
@@ -38,11 +37,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         updateMenu();
     }
 
-    MainMenu::~MainMenu()
-    {
-        delete mSaveGameDialog;
-    }
-
     void MainMenu::onResChange(int w, int h)
     {
         mWidth = w;
@@ -133,7 +127,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         else
         {
             if (!mSaveGameDialog)
-                mSaveGameDialog = new SaveGameDialog();
+                mSaveGameDialog = std::make_unique<SaveGameDialog>();
             if (name == "loadgame")
                 mSaveGameDialog->setLoadOrSave(true);
             else if (name == "savegame")
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/mainmenu.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/mainmenu.hpp
index 560eb93dcc..899f71d8c7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/mainmenu.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/mainmenu.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef OPENMW_GAME_MWGUI_MAINMENU_H
 #define OPENMW_GAME_MWGUI_MAINMENU_H
 
+#include <memory>
+
 #include "windowbase.hpp"
 
 namespace Gui
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         public:
 
             MainMenu(int w, int h, const VFS::Manager* vfs, const std::string& versionDescription);
-            ~MainMenu();
 
             void onResChange(int w, int h) override;
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ namespace MWGui
 
             void updateMenu();
 
-            SaveGameDialog* mSaveGameDialog;
+            std::unique_ptr<SaveGameDialog> mSaveGameDialog;
     };
 
 }