diff --git a/GUI/Support/Style/ApplicationSettings.cpp b/GUI/Support/Style/ApplicationSettings.cpp
index 6de34db9f625dea347af9f2372acd364d01d9d8b..37dcec24763d3795c1cb0dc852e18485c5aea865 100644
--- a/GUI/Support/Style/ApplicationSettings.cpp
+++ b/GUI/Support/Style/ApplicationSettings.cpp
@@ -160,32 +160,32 @@ void ApplicationSettings::loadStyle(ApplicationSettings::Style style)
     }
 
     m_currentStyle = style;
-    m_styleSheetPalette = qApp->style()->standardPalette();
+    QPalette styleSheetPalette = qApp->style()->standardPalette();
 
     // -- init palette for later usage; could be improved by parsing the stylesheet
     switch (m_currentStyle) {
     case ApplicationSettings::Style::light: {
-        m_styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::Text, Qt::black);
-        m_styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, Qt::black);
-        m_styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::Base, Qt::white);
-        m_styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::AlternateBase, QColor(255, 255, 255).darker(105));
-        m_styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::Dark, QColor(255, 255, 255).darker(110));
+        styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::Text, Qt::black);
+        styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, Qt::black);
+        styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::Base, Qt::white);
+        styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::AlternateBase, QColor(255, 255, 255).darker(105));
+        styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::Dark, QColor(255, 255, 255).darker(110));
         break;
     }
     case ApplicationSettings::Style::dark: {
-        m_styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::Text, QColor(213, 220, 223));
-        m_styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, QColor(213, 220, 223));
-        m_styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::Base, QColor(43, 50, 54));
-        m_styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::AlternateBase, QColor(43, 50, 54).darker(130));
-        m_styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::Dark, QColor(43, 50, 54).darker(120));
+        styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::Text, QColor(213, 220, 223));
+        styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, QColor(213, 220, 223));
+        styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::Base, QColor(43, 50, 54));
+        styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::AlternateBase, QColor(43, 50, 54).darker(130));
+        styleSheetPalette.setColor(QPalette::Dark, QColor(43, 50, 54).darker(120));
         break;
     }
     default: {
-        m_styleSheetPalette = qApp->style()->standardPalette();
+        styleSheetPalette = qApp->style()->standardPalette();
         break;
     }
     }
-    QApplication::setPalette(m_styleSheetPalette);
+    QApplication::setPalette(styleSheetPalette);
     qApp->setStyleSheet("");
     qApp->setStyleSheet(stylesheet);
 }
diff --git a/GUI/Support/Style/ApplicationSettings.h b/GUI/Support/Style/ApplicationSettings.h
index 39933aa419fef519dca645972b326e5e20843cf7..11fc9610b2662d7fa89fbda440aa37fc2e522759 100644
--- a/GUI/Support/Style/ApplicationSettings.h
+++ b/GUI/Support/Style/ApplicationSettings.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ public:
 
 private:
     ApplicationSettings::Style m_currentStyle;
-    QPalette m_styleSheetPalette;
 };
 
 extern ApplicationSettings* appSettings; //!< global pointer to the single instance