diff -r f06227b2ea14 -r becac012d502 QTfrontend/main.cpp
--- a/QTfrontend/main.cpp	Sat Jan 19 14:11:06 2013 -0500
+++ b/QTfrontend/main.cpp	Sat Jan 19 17:33:10 2013 -0500
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #endif
 
+// Program resources
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+static CocoaInitializer * cocoaInit = NULL;
+#endif
+static FileEngineHandler * engine = NULL;
 
 //Determines the day of easter in year
 //from http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/easter.php,adapted to C/C++
@@ -124,26 +129,30 @@
         return true;
 }
 
+// Guaranteed to be the last thing ran in the application's life time.
+// Closes resources that need to exist as long as possible.
+void closeResources(void)
+{
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-static CocoaInitializer *cocoaInit = NULL;
-// Function to be called at end of program's termination on OS X to release
-// the NSAutoReleasePool contained within the CocoaInitializer.
-void releaseCocoaPool(void)
-{
     if (cocoaInit != NULL)
     {
         delete cocoaInit;
         cocoaInit = NULL;
     }
+#endif
+    if (engine != NULL)
+    {
+        delete engine;
+        engine = NULL;
+    }
 }
-#endif
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 #ifdef __APPLE__
     // This creates the autoreleasepool that prevents leaking, and destroys it only on exit
     cocoaInit = new CocoaInitializer();
-    atexit(releaseCocoaPool);
+    atexit(closeResources);
 #endif
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
@@ -165,7 +174,7 @@
     splash->show();
 #endif
 
-    FileEngineHandler engine(argv[0]);
+    engine = new FileEngineHandler(argv[0]);
 
     app.setAttribute(Qt::AA_DontShowIconsInMenus,false);
 
@@ -280,11 +289,11 @@
     }
 
     // setup PhysFS
-    engine.mount(datadir->absolutePath());
-    engine.mount(cfgdir->absolutePath() + "/Data");
-    engine.mount(cfgdir->absolutePath());
-    engine.setWriteDir(cfgdir->absolutePath());
-    engine.mountPacks();
+    engine->mount(datadir->absolutePath());
+    engine->mount(cfgdir->absolutePath() + "/Data");
+    engine->mount(cfgdir->absolutePath());
+    engine->setWriteDir(cfgdir->absolutePath());
+    engine->mountPacks();
 
     checkForFile("physfs://hedgewars.ini");