diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 0951e0973b..35d00ba34a 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -723,9 +723,13 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv, QElapsedTimer& startupTimer, bo
     updateHeartbeat();
 
     // setup a timer for domain-server check ins
-    QTimer* domainCheckInTimer = new QTimer(nodeList.data());
+    QTimer* domainCheckInTimer = new QTimer(this);
     connect(domainCheckInTimer, &QTimer::timeout, nodeList.data(), &NodeList::sendDomainServerCheckIn);
     domainCheckInTimer->start(DOMAIN_SERVER_CHECK_IN_MSECS);
+    connect(this, &QCoreApplication::aboutToQuit, [domainCheckInTimer] {
+        domainCheckInTimer->stop();
+        domainCheckInTimer->deleteLater();
+    });
 
 
     auto audioIO = DependencyManager::get<AudioClient>();
diff --git a/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLBackend.cpp b/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLBackend.cpp
index 791130ef6e..3441407f62 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLBackend.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLBackend.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ void GLBackend::init() {
             int swapInterval = wglGetSwapIntervalEXT();
             qCDebug(gpugllogging, "V-Sync is %s\n", (swapInterval > 0 ? "ON" : "OFF"));
         }*/
+#endif
+#if THREADED_TEXTURE_BUFFERING
+        // This has to happen on the main thread in order to give the thread 
+        // pool a reasonable parent object
+        GLVariableAllocationSupport::TransferJob::startBufferingThread();
 #endif
     });
 }
diff --git a/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLTexture.cpp b/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLTexture.cpp
index 4161242a24..7758ddaf49 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLTexture.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLTexture.cpp
@@ -461,11 +461,6 @@ void GLVariableAllocationSupport::updateMemoryPressure() {
 
     if (newState != _memoryPressureState) {
         _memoryPressureState = newState;
-#if THREADED_TEXTURE_BUFFERING
-        if (MemoryPressureState::Transfer == _memoryPressureState) {
-            TransferJob::startBufferingThread();
-        }
-#endif
         // Clear the existing queue
         _transferQueue = WorkQueue();
         _promoteQueue = WorkQueue();