diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 7698c3146..7dac03c34 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -314,9 +314,9 @@ void OMW::Engine::prepareEngine (Settings::Manager & settings)
                 settings.getBool("minimize on focus loss", "Video") ? "1" : "0");
 
     // not handling fullscreen yet, we should figure this out when adding SDL to the mix
-    mViewer.setUpViewInWindow(0, 0, settings.getInt("resolution x", "Video"), settings.getInt("resolution y", "Video"), settings.getInt("screen", "Video"));
+    mViewer->setUpViewInWindow(0, 0, settings.getInt("resolution x", "Video"), settings.getInt("resolution y", "Video"), settings.getInt("screen", "Video"));
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> rootNode (new osg::Group);
-    mViewer.setSceneData(rootNode);
+    mViewer->setSceneData(rootNode);
 
     mVFS.reset(new VFS::Manager(mFSStrict));
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ void OMW::Engine::prepareEngine (Settings::Manager & settings)
     std::string myguiResources = (mResDir / "mygui").string();
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> guiRoot = new osg::Group;
     rootNode->addChild(guiRoot);
-    MWGui::WindowManager* window = new MWGui::WindowManager(&mViewer, guiRoot, mResourceSystem->getTextureManager(),
+    MWGui::WindowManager* window = new MWGui::WindowManager(mViewer, guiRoot, mResourceSystem->getTextureManager(),
                 mCfgMgr.getLogPath().string() + std::string("/"), myguiResources,
                 mScriptConsoleMode, mTranslationDataStorage, mEncoding, mExportFonts, mFallbackMap);
     mEnvironment.setWindowManager (window);
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ void OMW::Engine::prepareEngine (Settings::Manager & settings)
     }
 
     // Create the world
-    mEnvironment.setWorld( new MWWorld::World (mViewer, rootNode, mResourceSystem.get(),
+    mEnvironment.setWorld( new MWWorld::World (*mViewer, rootNode, mResourceSystem.get(),
         mFileCollections, mContentFiles, mEncoder, mFallbackMap,
         mActivationDistanceOverride, mCellName, mStartupScript));
     MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->setupPlayer();
@@ -433,7 +433,8 @@ void OMW::Engine::prepareEngine (Settings::Manager & settings)
 void OMW::Engine::go()
 {
     assert (!mContentFiles.empty());
-    //assert (!mOgre);
+
+    mViewer = new osgViewer::Viewer;
 
     Settings::Manager settings;
     std::string settingspath;
@@ -474,12 +475,12 @@ void OMW::Engine::go()
     }
 
     // Start the main rendering loop
-    mViewer.setCameraManipulator(new osgGA::TrackballManipulator);
-    mViewer.addEventHandler(new osgViewer::StatsHandler);
+    mViewer->setCameraManipulator(new osgGA::TrackballManipulator);
+    mViewer->addEventHandler(new osgViewer::StatsHandler);
 
-    mViewer.realize();
+    mViewer->realize();
     osg::Timer frameTimer;
-    while (!mViewer.done())
+    while (!mViewer->done())
     {
         double dt = frameTimer.time_s();
         frameTimer.setStartTick();
@@ -491,7 +492,7 @@ void OMW::Engine::go()
         MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->advanceTime(
             dt*MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getTimeScaleFactor()/3600);
 
-        mViewer.frame(/*simulationTime*/);
+        mViewer->frame(/*simulationTime*/);
     }
 
     // Save user settings
diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.hpp b/apps/openmw/engine.hpp
index 8c73920bd..be405c600 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.hpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace OMW
             Files::PathContainer mDataDirs;
             std::vector<std::string> mArchives;
             boost::filesystem::path mResDir;
-            osgViewer::Viewer mViewer;
+            osg::ref_ptr<osgViewer::Viewer> mViewer;
             std::string mCellName;
             std::vector<std::string> mContentFiles;
             bool mVerboseScripts;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/myguirendermanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/myguirendermanager.cpp
index 53a194c73..55e78cb0c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/myguirendermanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/myguirendermanager.cpp
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ void RenderManager::setViewSize(int width, int height)
     mInfo.aspectCoef = float(mViewSize.height) / float(mViewSize.width);
     mInfo.pixScaleX = 1.0f / float(mViewSize.width);
     mInfo.pixScaleY = 1.0f / float(mViewSize.height);
-std::cout << "setviewsize " << width << " " << height << std::endl;
+
     onResizeView(mViewSize);
     mUpdate = true;
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
index 63d74b355..86d065e39 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ namespace MWGui
       , mCurrentModals()
       , mFallbackMap(fallbackMap)
     {
-        Platform* platform = new Platform(viewer, guiRoot, textureManager);
-        platform->initialise(resourcePath, logpath);
+        mGuiPlatform = new Platform(viewer, guiRoot, textureManager);
+        mGuiPlatform->initialise(resourcePath, logpath);
 
         MyGUI::Gui* gui = new MyGUI::Gui;
         gui->initialise("");
@@ -411,6 +411,8 @@ namespace MWGui
         //delete mCursorManager;
 
         cleanupGarbage();
+
+        delete mGuiPlatform;
     }
 
     void WindowManager::cleanupGarbage()
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
index a98fbf7b8..54b69be40 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ namespace MWGui
   class DebugWindow;
   class JailScreen;
 
+  class Platform;
+
   class WindowManager : public MWBase::WindowManager
   {
   public:
@@ -365,6 +367,8 @@ namespace MWGui
     virtual void cycleWeapon(bool next);
 
   private:
+    Platform* mGuiPlatform;
+
     bool mConsoleOnlyScripts;
 
     std::map<MyGUI::Window*, std::string> mTrackedWindows;