diff --git a/include/project.h b/include/project.h
index 7990ec8f..1ea1b1a3 100644
--- a/include/project.h
+++ b/include/project.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ public:
     Project(const Project &) = delete;
     Project & operator = (const Project &) = delete;
 
+    inline QWidget *parentWidget() const { return static_cast<QWidget *>(parent()); }
+
 public:
     QString root;
     QStringList groupNames;
@@ -219,8 +221,6 @@ private:
     static int default_map_size;
     static int max_object_events;
 
-    QWidget *parent;
-
 signals:
     void reloadProject();
     void uncheckMonitorFilesAction();
diff --git a/src/project.cpp b/src/project.cpp
index 34bb2241..1f49cf3e 100644
--- a/src/project.cpp
+++ b/src/project.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ int Project::max_map_data_size = 10240; // 0x2800
 int Project::default_map_size = 20;
 int Project::max_object_events = 64;
 
-Project::Project(QWidget *parent) : parent(parent)
+Project::Project(QWidget *parent) : QObject(parent)
 {
     initSignals();
 }
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ void Project::initSignals() {
         static bool showing = false;
         if (showing) return;
 
-        QMessageBox notice(this->parent);
+        QMessageBox notice(this->parentWidget());
         notice.setText("File Changed");
         notice.setInformativeText(QString("The file %1 has changed on disk. Would you like to reload the project?")
                                   .arg(changed.remove(this->root + "/")));