diff --git a/launcher/ui/widgets/AppearanceWidget.cpp b/launcher/ui/widgets/AppearanceWidget.cpp
index f9475cbbd..731b72727 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/widgets/AppearanceWidget.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/widgets/AppearanceWidget.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ AppearanceWidget::AppearanceWidget(bool themesOnly, QWidget* parent)
 
     m_ui->catPreview->setGraphicsEffect(new QGraphicsOpacityEffect(this));
 
-    m_defaultFormat = new QTextCharFormat(m_ui->consolePreview->currentCharFormat());
+    m_defaultFormat = QTextCharFormat(m_ui->consolePreview->currentCharFormat());
 
     if (themesOnly) {
         m_ui->catPackLabel->hide();
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@ void AppearanceWidget::updateConsolePreview()
     int fontSize = m_ui->fontSizeBox->value();
     QString fontFamily = m_ui->consoleFont->currentFont().family();
     m_ui->consolePreview->clear();
-    m_defaultFormat->setFont(QFont(fontFamily, fontSize));
+    m_defaultFormat.setFont(QFont(fontFamily, fontSize));
 
     auto print = [this, colors](const QString& message, MessageLevel::Enum level) {
-        QTextCharFormat format(*m_defaultFormat);
+        QTextCharFormat format(m_defaultFormat);
 
         QColor bg = colors.background.value(level);
         QColor fg = colors.foreground.value(level);
diff --git a/launcher/ui/widgets/AppearanceWidget.h b/launcher/ui/widgets/AppearanceWidget.h
index 3bc663676..1fc89af3a 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/widgets/AppearanceWidget.h
+++ b/launcher/ui/widgets/AppearanceWidget.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <Application.h>
 #include <translations/TranslationsModel.h>
+#include <QTextCursor>
 #include "java/JavaChecker.h"
 #include "ui/pages/BasePage.h"
 
@@ -56,6 +57,6 @@ class AppearanceWidget : public QWidget {
     void updateCatPreview();
 
     Ui::AppearanceWidget* m_ui;
-    QTextCharFormat* m_defaultFormat;
+    QTextCharFormat m_defaultFormat;
     bool m_themesOnly;
 };