diff --git a/src/libsnore/notification/notification_p.cpp b/src/libsnore/notification/notification_p.cpp
index 7b1b37c..50982d9 100644
--- a/src/libsnore/notification/notification_p.cpp
+++ b/src/libsnore/notification/notification_p.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Snore::NotificationData::NotificationData(const Notification &old, const QString
 
 NotificationData::~NotificationData()
 {
+    stopTimeoutTimer();
     notificationCount--;
     snoreDebug(SNORE_INFO) << "Deleting Notification: ActiveNotifications" << notificationCount << "id" << m_id << "Close Reason:" << m_closeReason;
 }
@@ -127,9 +128,7 @@ bool NotificationData::sourceAndTargetAreSimilar(const SnorePlugin *target)
 void NotificationData::stopTimeoutTimer()
 {
     if (m_timeoutTimer) {
-        m_timeoutTimer->stop();
-        m_timeoutTimer->deleteLater();
-        m_timeoutTimer.reset(nullptr);
+        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(m_timeoutTimer.data(), "deleteLater", Qt::QueuedConnection);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libsnore/notification/notification_p.h b/src/libsnore/notification/notification_p.h
index beba694..9fc230b 100644
--- a/src/libsnore/notification/notification_p.h
+++ b/src/libsnore/notification/notification_p.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "notification.h"
 #include "../hint.h"
 
+#include <QPointer>
 #include <QSharedData>
 #include <QTimer>
 
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ private:
     QHash<int, Action> m_actions;
     Hint m_hints;
     Notification m_toReplace;
-    QScopedPointer<QTimer> m_timeoutTimer;
+    QPointer<QTimer> m_timeoutTimer;
     QSet<const QObject *> m_activeIn;
     bool m_isBroadcasted = false;
     SnorePlugin *m_source = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/libsnore/snore_p.cpp b/src/libsnore/snore_p.cpp
index 9c65b6a..5b9bd09 100644
--- a/src/libsnore/snore_p.cpp
+++ b/src/libsnore/snore_p.cpp
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ void SnoreCorePrivate::startNotificationTimeoutTimer(Notification notification)
 
     notification.data()->stopTimeoutTimer();
     QTimer *timer = new QTimer();
-    notification.data()->m_timeoutTimer.reset(timer);
+    notification.data()->m_timeoutTimer = timer;
     timer->setSingleShot(true);
 
     if (notification.isUpdate()) {