diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/AudioInjector.cpp b/libraries/audio/src/AudioInjector.cpp
index 78bc157afe..5ad4dc6f4d 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/AudioInjector.cpp
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/AudioInjector.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 int abstractAudioPointerMeta = qRegisterMetaType<AbstractAudioInterface*>("AbstractAudioInterface*");
 
 AudioInjector::AudioInjector(Sound* sound, AudioInjectorOptions injectorOptions) :
+    _thread(NULL),
     _sound(sound),
     _volume(injectorOptions.volume),
     _shouldLoopback(injectorOptions.shouldLoopback),
@@ -26,21 +27,24 @@ AudioInjector::AudioInjector(Sound* sound, AudioInjectorOptions injectorOptions)
     _orientation(injectorOptions.orientation),
     _loopbackAudioInterface(injectorOptions.loopbackAudioInterface)
 {
+    _thread = new QThread();
+    
     // we want to live on our own thread
-    moveToThread(&_thread);
+    moveToThread(_thread);
 }
 
 void AudioInjector::threadSound(Sound* sound, AudioInjectorOptions injectorOptions) {
-    AudioInjector injector(sound, injectorOptions);
+    AudioInjector* injector = new AudioInjector(sound, injectorOptions);
     
     // start injecting when the injector thread starts
-    connect(&injector._thread, SIGNAL(started()), &injector, SLOT(injectAudio()));
+    connect(injector->_thread, SIGNAL(started()), injector, SLOT(injectAudio()));
     
     // connect the right slots and signals so that the AudioInjector is killed once the injection is complete
-    connect(&injector, SIGNAL(finished()), &injector._thread, SLOT(quit()));
-    connect(&injector, SIGNAL(finished()), &injector, SLOT(deleteLater()));
+    connect(injector, SIGNAL(finished()), injector, SLOT(deleteLater()));
+    connect(injector, SIGNAL(finished()), injector->_thread, SLOT(quit()));
+    connect(injector->_thread, SIGNAL(finished()), injector->_thread, SLOT(deleteLater()));
     
-    injector._thread.start();
+    injector->_thread->start();
 }
 
 const uchar MAX_INJECTOR_VOLUME = 0xFF;
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/AudioInjector.h b/libraries/audio/src/AudioInjector.h
index 10a1335fe8..f2e7b3b498 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/AudioInjector.h
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/AudioInjector.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public:
 private:
     AudioInjector(Sound* sound, AudioInjectorOptions injectorOptions);
     
-    QThread _thread;
+    QThread* _thread;
     Sound* _sound;
     float _volume;
     uchar _shouldLoopback;