diff --git a/include/openspace/rendering/renderengine.h b/include/openspace/rendering/renderengine.h
index 6dc1879568..da62938f01 100644
--- a/include/openspace/rendering/renderengine.h
+++ b/include/openspace/rendering/renderengine.h
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ private:
 
     std::vector<ghoul::opengl::ProgramObject*> _programs;
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<ScreenSpaceRenderable>> _screenSpaceRenderables;
-    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<ScreenSpaceRenderable>> _deletedScreenSpaceRenderables;
     
     std::shared_ptr<ghoul::fontrendering::Font> _fontInfo = nullptr;
     std::shared_ptr<ghoul::fontrendering::Font> _fontDate = nullptr;
diff --git a/modules/iswa/rendering/screenspacecygnet.cpp b/modules/iswa/rendering/screenspacecygnet.cpp
index 8cc5447715..fedad895ea 100644
--- a/modules/iswa/rendering/screenspacecygnet.cpp
+++ b/modules/iswa/rendering/screenspacecygnet.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ bool ScreenSpaceCygnet::initialize(){
 }
 
 bool ScreenSpaceCygnet::deinitialize(){
-    OsEng.gui()._iSWAproperty.unregisterProperties(name());
+    OsEng.gui()._screenSpaceProperty.unregisterProperties(name());
 
     glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &_quad);
     _quad = 0;
diff --git a/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp b/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp
index c1b79fd039..b416763bcf 100644
--- a/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp
@@ -375,9 +375,6 @@ void RenderEngine::postSynchronizationPreDraw() {
             program->rebuildFromFile();
         }
     }
-
-    if(!_deletedScreenSpaceRenderables.empty())
-        _deletedScreenSpaceRenderables.clear(); 
     
     for (auto screenspacerenderable : _screenSpaceRenderables) {
             screenspacerenderable->update();
@@ -652,6 +649,12 @@ scripting::ScriptEngine::LuaLibrary RenderEngine::luaLibrary() {
                 "table",
                 "Will create a ScreenSpaceRenderable from a lua Table and register it in the RenderEngine"
             },
+            {
+                "unregisterScreenSpaceRenderable",
+                &luascriptfunctions::unregisterScreenSpaceRenderable,
+                "string",
+                "Given a ScreenSpaceRenderable name this script will remove it from the renderengine"
+            },
         },
     };
 }
@@ -1154,7 +1157,6 @@ void RenderEngine::unregisterScreenSpaceRenderable(std::shared_ptr<ScreenSpaceRe
 
     if (it != _screenSpaceRenderables.end()) {
         s->deinitialize();
-        _deletedScreenSpaceRenderables.push_back(s);
         _screenSpaceRenderables.erase(it);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/rendering/renderengine_lua.inl b/src/rendering/renderengine_lua.inl
index b11388dc43..783ab6bef6 100644
--- a/src/rendering/renderengine_lua.inl
+++ b/src/rendering/renderengine_lua.inl
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ int registerScreenSpaceRenderable(lua_State* L) {
     using ghoul::lua::errorLocation;
 
     int nArguments = lua_gettop(L);
-	if (nArguments != 1)
-		return luaL_error(L, "Expected %i arguments, got %i", 1, nArguments);
+    if (nArguments != 1)
+        return luaL_error(L, "Expected %i arguments, got %i", 1, nArguments);
 
     ghoul::Dictionary d;
     try {
@@ -149,13 +149,34 @@ int registerScreenSpaceRenderable(lua_State* L) {
         LERROR(e.what());
         return 0;
     }
-	
-	std::shared_ptr<ScreenSpaceRenderable> s( ScreenSpaceRenderable::createFromDictionary(d) );
+
+    std::shared_ptr<ScreenSpaceRenderable> s( ScreenSpaceRenderable::createFromDictionary(d) );
     OsEng.renderEngine().registerScreenSpaceRenderable(s);
       
     return 1;
 }
 
+int unregisterScreenSpaceRenderable(lua_State* L) {
+    static const std::string _loggerCat = "unregisterScreenSpaceRenderable";
+    using ghoul::lua::errorLocation;
+
+    int nArguments = lua_gettop(L);
+    if (nArguments != 1)
+        return luaL_error(L, "Expected %i arguments, got %i", 1, nArguments);
+
+    std::string name = luaL_checkstring(L, -1);
+
+    std::shared_ptr<ScreenSpaceRenderable> s = OsEng.renderEngine().screenSpaceRenderable(name);
+    if (!s) {
+        LERROR(errorLocation(L) << "Could not find ScreenSpaceRenderable '" << name << "'");
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    OsEng.renderEngine().unregisterScreenSpaceRenderable(s);
+      
+    return 1;
+}
+
 } // namespace luascriptfunctions
 
 }// namespace openspace
diff --git a/src/rendering/screenspacerenderable.cpp b/src/rendering/screenspacerenderable.cpp
index 6016f060fc..2a3030f6b2 100644
--- a/src/rendering/screenspacerenderable.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/screenspacerenderable.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ ScreenSpaceRenderable::ScreenSpaceRenderable()
         useEuclideanCoordinates(_useFlatScreen.value());
     });
 
-    _delete.onChange([this](){OsEng.renderEngine().unregisterScreenSpaceRenderable(name());});
+    _delete.onChange([this](){
+        std::string script = "openspace.unregisterScreenSpaceRenderable('" + name() + "');";
+        OsEng.scriptEngine().queueScript(script);
+    });
 }
 
 ScreenSpaceRenderable::~ScreenSpaceRenderable(){}