diff --git a/src/libneochat/chatbarsyntaxhighlighter.h b/src/libneochat/chatbarsyntaxhighlighter.h
index 630e63a6a..19acc60c9 100644
--- a/src/libneochat/chatbarsyntaxhighlighter.h
+++ b/src/libneochat/chatbarsyntaxhighlighter.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ private:
     QTextCharFormat m_mentionFormat;
     QTextCharFormat m_errorFormat;
 
-    Sonnet::BackgroundChecker *m_checker = new Sonnet::BackgroundChecker;
+    Sonnet::BackgroundChecker *m_checker = new Sonnet::BackgroundChecker(this);
     Sonnet::Settings m_settings;
     QString m_previousText;