diff --git a/src/app.cpp b/src/app.cpp
index 07ce0109c..f1cd7e9b9 100644
--- a/src/app.cpp
+++ b/src/app.cpp
@@ -297,12 +297,17 @@ int App::run()
     // Run the GUI main message loop
     gui_run();
 
+    // Uninstall support to drop files
     uninstall_drop_files();
 
     // Remove the root-menu from the menu-bar (because the rootmenu
     // module should destroy it).
     menubar->setMenu(NULL);
 
+    // Delete all editors first because they used signals from other
+    // widgets (e.g. color bar).
+    jwidget_free(box_editors);
+
     // Destroy the top-window
     jwidget_free(top_window);
     top_window = NULL;