diff --git a/src/gui/UBFeaturesWidget.cpp b/src/gui/UBFeaturesWidget.cpp
index a33d1045..6d007f48 100644
--- a/src/gui/UBFeaturesWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/UBFeaturesWidget.cpp
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ UBFeaturesNewFolderDialog::UBFeaturesNewFolderDialog(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(
     QLabel *mLabel = new QLabel(labelText, this);
     mLineEdit = new QLineEdit(this);
 
-    mValidator = new QRegExpValidator(QRegExp("[\^\/\:\?\*\|\<\>\"]{2,}"));
+    mValidator = new QRegExpValidator(QRegExp("[\^\/\:\?\*\|\<\>\"]{2,}"), this);
     mLineEdit->setValidator(mValidator);
     labelLayout->addWidget(mLabel);
     labelLayout->addWidget(mLineEdit);