diff --git a/LibGUI/GApplication.cpp b/LibGUI/GApplication.cpp
index 9fc3eabfde0..b50549d2db2 100644
--- a/LibGUI/GApplication.cpp
+++ b/LibGUI/GApplication.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,16 @@ GApplication::GApplication(int argc, char** argv)
 
 GApplication::~GApplication()
 {
+    s_the = nullptr;
 }
 
 int GApplication::exec()
 {
-    return m_event_loop->exec();
+    int exit_code = m_event_loop->exec();
+    // NOTE: Maybe it would be cool to return instead of exit()?
+    //       This would require cleaning up all the GObjects on the heap.
+    exit(exit_code);
+    return exit_code;
 }
 
 void GApplication::quit(int exit_code)