diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/cameraview.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/cameraview.cc
index 6b25c49237..f09b1b1796 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/cameraview.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/cameraview.cc
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ CameraViewWidget::~CameraViewWidget() {
 void CameraViewWidget::initializeGL() {
   initializeOpenGLFunctions();
 
-  program = new QOpenGLShaderProgram(context());
+  program = std::make_unique<QOpenGLShaderProgram>(context());
   bool ret = program->addShaderFromSourceCode(QOpenGLShader::Vertex, frame_vertex_shader);
   assert(ret);
   ret = program->addShaderFromSourceCode(QOpenGLShader::Fragment, frame_fragment_shader);
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/cameraview.h b/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/cameraview.h
index fb69fcae59..146528cd23 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/cameraview.h
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/cameraview.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ protected:
   GLuint frame_vao, frame_vbo, frame_ibo;
   mat4 frame_mat;
   std::unique_ptr<EGLImageTexture> texture[UI_BUF_COUNT];
-  QOpenGLShaderProgram *program;
+  std::unique_ptr<QOpenGLShaderProgram> program;
   QColor bg = QColor("#000000");
 
   std::string stream_name;