diff --git a/src/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp b/src/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
index 3db67e132..f59b717fd 100644
--- a/src/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ AddNewTorrentDialog::AddNewTorrentDialog(QWidget *parent) :
   m_hasRenamedFile(false)
 {
   ui->setupUi(this);
+  setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
   ui->lblMetaLoading->setVisible(false);
   ui->progMetaLoading->setVisible(false);
 
@@ -120,18 +121,22 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::saveState()
   pref->setAddNewTorrentDialogExpanded(ui->adv_button->isChecked());
 }
 
-void AddNewTorrentDialog::showTorrent(const QString &torrent_path, const QString& from_url)
+void AddNewTorrentDialog::showTorrent(const QString &torrent_path, const QString& from_url, QWidget *parent)
 {
-  AddNewTorrentDialog dlg;
-  if (dlg.loadTorrent(torrent_path, from_url))
-    dlg.exec();
+  AddNewTorrentDialog *dlg = new AddNewTorrentDialog(parent);
+  if (dlg->loadTorrent(torrent_path, from_url))
+    dlg->open();
+  else
+    delete dlg;
 }
 
-void AddNewTorrentDialog::showMagnet(const QString& link)
+void AddNewTorrentDialog::showMagnet(const QString& link, QWidget *parent)
 {
-  AddNewTorrentDialog dlg;
-  if (dlg.loadMagnet(link))
-    dlg.exec();
+  AddNewTorrentDialog *dlg = new AddNewTorrentDialog(parent);
+  if (dlg->loadMagnet(link))
+    dlg->open();
+  else
+    delete dlg;
 }
 
 void AddNewTorrentDialog::showEvent(QShowEvent *event) {
diff --git a/src/addnewtorrentdialog.h b/src/addnewtorrentdialog.h
index 0d1b2dfe3..bdf4f971c 100644
--- a/src/addnewtorrentdialog.h
+++ b/src/addnewtorrentdialog.h
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ class AddNewTorrentDialog : public QDialog
 public:
   ~AddNewTorrentDialog();
 
-  static void showTorrent(const QString& torrent_path, const QString& from_url = QString());
-  static void showMagnet(const QString& torrent_link);
+  static void showTorrent(const QString& torrent_path, const QString& from_url, QWidget *parent = 0);
+  static void showMagnet(const QString& torrent_link, QWidget *parent = 0);
 
 protected:
   void showEvent(QShowEvent *event);
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 53e0edf84..41130512e 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -890,13 +890,13 @@ void MainWindow::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event) {
     }
     if (file.startsWith("magnet:", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
       if (useTorrentAdditionDialog)
-        AddNewTorrentDialog::showMagnet(file);
+        AddNewTorrentDialog::showMagnet(file, this);
       else
         QBtSession::instance()->addMagnetUri(file);
     } else {
       // Local file
       if (useTorrentAdditionDialog)
-        AddNewTorrentDialog::showTorrent(file);
+        AddNewTorrentDialog::showTorrent(file, QString(), this);
       else
         QBtSession::instance()->addTorrent(file);
     }
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionOpen_triggered() {
     const uint listSize = pathsList.size();
     for (uint i=0; i<listSize; ++i) {
       if (pref->useAdditionDialog())
-        AddNewTorrentDialog::showTorrent(pathsList.at(i));
+        AddNewTorrentDialog::showTorrent(pathsList.at(i), QString(), this);
       else
         QBtSession::instance()->addTorrent(pathsList.at(i));
     }
@@ -975,12 +975,12 @@ void MainWindow::processParams(const QStringList& params) {
       }
       if (param.startsWith("magnet:", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
         if (useTorrentAdditionDialog)
-          AddNewTorrentDialog::showMagnet(param);
+          AddNewTorrentDialog::showMagnet(param, this);
         else
           QBtSession::instance()->addMagnetUri(param);
       } else {
         if (useTorrentAdditionDialog)
-          AddNewTorrentDialog::showTorrent(param);
+          AddNewTorrentDialog::showTorrent(param, QString(), this);
         else
           QBtSession::instance()->addTorrent(param);
       }
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ void MainWindow::addTorrent(QString path) {
 void MainWindow::processDownloadedFiles(QString path, QString url) {
   Preferences* const pref = Preferences::instance();
   if (pref->useAdditionDialog())
-    AddNewTorrentDialog::showTorrent(path, url);
+    AddNewTorrentDialog::showTorrent(path, url, this);
   else
     QBtSession::instance()->addTorrent(path, false, url);
 }
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ void MainWindow::processDownloadedFiles(QString path, QString url) {
 void MainWindow::processNewMagnetLink(const QString& link) {
   Preferences* const pref = Preferences::instance();
   if (pref->useAdditionDialog())
-    AddNewTorrentDialog::showMagnet(link);
+    AddNewTorrentDialog::showMagnet(link, this);
   else
     QBtSession::instance()->addMagnetUri(link);
 }
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ void MainWindow::downloadFromURLList(const QStringList& url_list) {
     }
     if (url.startsWith("magnet:", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
       if (useTorrentAdditionDialog)
-        AddNewTorrentDialog::showMagnet(url);
+        AddNewTorrentDialog::showMagnet(url, this);
       else
         QBtSession::instance()->addMagnetUri(url);
     }