diff --git a/UI/qt-wrappers.cpp b/UI/qt-wrappers.cpp
index 4750cf1f9..b9d00a787 100644
--- a/UI/qt-wrappers.cpp
+++ b/UI/qt-wrappers.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &in, OBSScene &scene)
 
 	obs_source_t *source = obs_get_source_by_name(QT_TO_UTF8(sceneName));
 	scene = obs_scene_from_source(source);
+	obs_source_release(source);
 
 	return in;
 }