diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
index 6ce5ba7fa..b2b86542d 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ using namespace std;
 
 #ifdef BROWSER_AVAILABLE
 #include <browser-panel.hpp>
-static CREATE_BROWSER_WIDGET_PROC create_browser_widget = nullptr;
 #endif
 
+struct QCef;
+QCef *cef = nullptr;
+
 namespace {
 
 template <typename OBSRef>
@@ -1531,7 +1533,7 @@ void OBSBasic::OBSInit()
 	obs_post_load_modules();
 
 #ifdef BROWSER_AVAILABLE
-	create_browser_widget = obs_browser_init_panel();
+	cef = obs_browser_init_panel();
 #endif
 
 	CheckForSimpleModeX264Fallback();
@@ -1763,7 +1765,7 @@ void OBSBasic::OnFirstLoad()
 
 #ifdef BROWSER_AVAILABLE
 	/* Attempt to load init screen if available */
-	if (create_browser_widget) {
+	if (cef) {
 		WhatsNewInfoThread *wnit = new WhatsNewInfoThread();
 		if (wnit) {
 			connect(wnit, &WhatsNewInfoThread::Result,
@@ -1874,7 +1876,7 @@ void OBSBasic::ReceivedIntroJson(const QString &text)
 	dlg.setWindowTitle("What's New");
 	dlg.resize(700, 600);
 
-	QCefWidget *cefWidget = create_browser_widget(nullptr, info_url);
+	QCefWidget *cefWidget = cef->create_widget(nullptr, info_url);
 	if (!cefWidget) {
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2243,6 +2245,11 @@ OBSBasic::~OBSBasic()
 		}
 	}
 #endif
+
+#ifdef BROWSER_AVAILABLE
+	delete cef;
+	cef = nullptr;
+#endif
 }
 
 void OBSBasic::SaveProjectNow()
diff --git a/plugins/obs-browser b/plugins/obs-browser
index da0b44930..5c882868f 160000
--- a/plugins/obs-browser
+++ b/plugins/obs-browser
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit da0b4493093230f076fb429d2fcda82f3ce1b247
+Subproject commit 5c882868f153f4754ddc68f48da320ad4c70a410