diff --git a/src/libcalamares/GlobalStorage.cpp b/src/libcalamares/GlobalStorage.cpp
index d58a3b0c6..341fc3892 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/GlobalStorage.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/GlobalStorage.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* === This file is part of Calamares - <https://github.com/calamares> ===
- * 
+ *
  *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014-2015 Teo Mrnjavac <teo@kde.org>
  *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017-2018 Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org>
  *
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ using CalamaresUtils::operator""_MiB;
 namespace Calamares
 {
 
-GlobalStorage::GlobalStorage()
-    : QObject( nullptr )
+GlobalStorage::GlobalStorage( QObject* parent )
+    : QObject( parent )
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/GlobalStorage.h b/src/libcalamares/GlobalStorage.h
index e9ba1da8a..a2848f888 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/GlobalStorage.h
+++ b/src/libcalamares/GlobalStorage.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* === This file is part of Calamares - <https://github.com/calamares> ===
- * 
+ *
  *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014-2015 Teo Mrnjavac <teo@kde.org>
  *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017-2018 Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org>
  *
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class GlobalStorage : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    explicit GlobalStorage();
+    explicit GlobalStorage( QObject* parent = nullptr );
 
     //NOTE: thread safety is guaranteed by JobQueue, which executes jobs one by one.
     //      If at any time jobs become concurrent, this class must be made thread-safe.
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/JobQueue.cpp b/src/libcalamares/JobQueue.cpp
index adff9464b..64cc4794d 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/JobQueue.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/JobQueue.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* === This file is part of Calamares - <https://github.com/calamares> ===
- * 
+ *
  *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014-2015 Teo Mrnjavac <teo@kde.org>
  *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org>
  *
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ JobQueue::globalStorage() const
 JobQueue::JobQueue( QObject* parent )
     : QObject( parent )
     , m_thread( new JobThread( this ) )
-    , m_storage( new GlobalStorage() )
+    , m_storage( new GlobalStorage( this ) )
 {
     Q_ASSERT( !s_instance );
     s_instance = this;