3 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 30751d5..18c1e14 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ void MainWindow::handleNewWindow(const QUrl &url)
 
 void MainWindow::handleTabChanged(WebView *view)
 {
+    Q_ASSERT(view);
+
     // clear the parent of the central widget so it doesn't get deleted
     centralWidget()->setParent(0);
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/webviewtabbar.cpp b/src/widgets/webviewtabbar.cpp
index fa8a0e8..c482eb3 100644
--- a/src/widgets/webviewtabbar.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/webviewtabbar.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ WebViewTabBar::WebViewTabBar(QWidget *parent) :
     setElideMode(Qt::ElideRight);
     setTabsClosable(true);
     setMovable(true);
-    connect(this, SIGNAL(tabCloseRequested(int)), this, SLOT(handleTabClose(int)));
+    connect(this, SIGNAL(tabCloseRequested(int)), this, SLOT(removeTab(int)));
     connect(this, SIGNAL(currentChanged(int)), this, SLOT(handleCurrentChanged(int)));
     connect(this, SIGNAL(tabMoved(int,int)), this, SLOT(updateVectorArrangement(int,int)));
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ WebViewTabBar::WebViewTabBar(QWidget *parent) :
         QAction *tabCloseAction = new QAction(this);
         tabCloseAction->setShortcut(QKeySequence::fromString(sSettings->value("window.shortcuts.tabClose").toString()));
         connect(tabCloseAction, &QAction::triggered, [this]() {
-            this->handleTabClose(currentIndex());
+            this->removeTab(currentIndex());
         });
         addAction(tabCloseAction);
     }
@@ -111,12 +111,15 @@ void WebViewTabBar::handleCurrentChanged(int index)
     emit currentTabChanged(m_views.at(index));
 }
 
-void WebViewTabBar::handleTabClose(int index)
+void WebViewTabBar::removeTab(int index)
 {
-    qDebug("removing tab %i", index);
-    removeTab(index);
+    // remove the tab data from the index
     m_views.at(index)->deleteLater();
     m_views.remove(index);
+
+    // remove the tab from the QTabBar
+    // this emits the currentTabChanged signal, so it should be done after the view is removed from the index
+    QTabBar::removeTab(index);
 }
 
 void WebViewTabBar::updateTabText(WebView *view, const QString &text)
diff --git a/src/widgets/webviewtabbar.h b/src/widgets/webviewtabbar.h
index 9029bf5..91e55d0 100644
--- a/src/widgets/webviewtabbar.h
+++ b/src/widgets/webviewtabbar.h
@@ -32,20 +32,21 @@ public:
     WebViewTabBar(QWidget *parent = 0);
     ~WebViewTabBar();
 
-    int addTab(QWebEngineProfile *profile, const QUrl &url);
     void setProfile(QWebEngineProfile *profile);
-
     WebView *currentView();
 
 signals:
     void currentTabChanged(WebView *view);
 
+public slots:
+    int addTab(QWebEngineProfile *profile, const QUrl &url);
+    void removeTab(int index);
+
 protected:
     QSize tabSizeHint(int index) const;
 
 private slots:
     void handleCurrentChanged(int index);
-    void handleTabClose(int index);
 
     void updateTabText(WebView *view, const QString &text);
     void updateVectorArrangement(int from, int to);