diff --git a/src/adventure/adventurewidget.cpp b/src/adventure/adventurewidget.cpp
index e80fc5331..4b735ff72 100644
--- a/src/adventure/adventurewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/adventure/adventurewidget.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ AdventureWidget::AdventureWidget(AdventureTracker &at, QWidget *const parent)
     , m_adventureTracker{at}
 {
     m_textEdit = new QTextEdit(this);
-    m_textCursor = new QTextCursor(m_textEdit->document());
+    m_textCursor = std::make_unique<QTextCursor>(m_textEdit->document());
 
     m_textEdit->setReadOnly(true);
     m_textEdit->setOverwriteMode(true);
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ AdventureWidget::AdventureWidget(AdventureTracker &at, QWidget *const parent)
 
     QTextCharFormat blockCharFormat = m_textCursor->blockCharFormat();
     blockCharFormat.setForeground(settings.foregroundColor);
-    auto font = new QFont();
-    font->fromString(settings.font); // need fromString() to extract PointSize
-    blockCharFormat.setFont(*font);
+    {
+        QFont font;
+        font.fromString(settings.font); // need fromString() to extract PointSize
+        blockCharFormat.setFont(font);
+    }
     m_textCursor->setBlockCharFormat(blockCharFormat);
 
     auto layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ AdventureWidget::AdventureWidget(AdventureTracker &at, QWidget *const parent)
 
     addDefaultContent();
 
-    m_clearContentAction = new QAction("Clear Content");
+    m_clearContentAction = new QAction("Clear Content", this);
     connect(m_clearContentAction,
             &QAction::triggered,
             this,
diff --git a/src/adventure/adventurewidget.h b/src/adventure/adventurewidget.h
index 1fc96d64e..9a5087dc6 100644
--- a/src/adventure/adventurewidget.h
+++ b/src/adventure/adventurewidget.h
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ private slots:
     AdventureTracker &m_adventureTracker;
 
     QTextEdit *m_textEdit = nullptr;
-    QTextCursor *m_textCursor = nullptr;
+    std::unique_ptr<QTextCursor> m_textCursor;
     QAction *m_clearContentAction = nullptr;
 };
diff --git a/src/display/prespammedpath.cpp b/src/display/prespammedpath.cpp
index 7f935b65e..71ac88e58 100644
--- a/src/display/prespammedpath.cpp
+++ b/src/display/prespammedpath.cpp
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ static constexpr const bool USE_TEST = true;
 static constexpr const bool USE_TEST = false;
 #endif
 
-PrespammedPath::PrespammedPath(QObject * /*unused*/)
-// REVISIT: why isn't the parent passed to the base class?
+PrespammedPath::PrespammedPath(QObject *parent)
+    : QObject(parent)
 {
     if (USE_TEST) {
         m_queue.append(CommandEnum::DOWN);