diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/MainWindow.cpp
index fd3f9123..a91d7867 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void MainWindow::init()
     ui->actionExecuteSql->setShortcuts(shortcuts);
 
     QShortcut* shortcutBrowseRefresh = new QShortcut(QKeySequence("Ctrl+R"), this);
-    QObject::connect(shortcutBrowseRefresh, SIGNAL(activated()), ui->buttonRefresh, SLOT(click()));
+    connect(shortcutBrowseRefresh, SIGNAL(activated()), ui->buttonRefresh, SLOT(click()));
 
     // Create the actions for the recently opened dbs list
     for(int i = 0; i < MaxRecentFiles; ++i) {
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void MainWindow::init()
     {
         // Check for a new release version, usually only enabled on windows
         m_NetworkManager = new QNetworkAccessManager(this);
-        QObject::connect(m_NetworkManager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)), this, SLOT(httpresponse(QNetworkReply*)));
+        connect(m_NetworkManager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)), this, SLOT(httpresponse(QNetworkReply*)));
 
         QUrl url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/master/currentrelease");
         m_NetworkManager->get(QNetworkRequest(url));
diff --git a/src/sqltextedit.cpp b/src/sqltextedit.cpp
index 789d63ca..915f2dd9 100644
--- a/src/sqltextedit.cpp
+++ b/src/sqltextedit.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ SqlTextEdit::SqlTextEdit(QWidget* parent) :
 
     // Do rest of initialisation
     reloadSettings();
+
+    // Connect signals
+    connect(this, SIGNAL(linesChanged()), this, SLOT(updateLineNumberAreaWidth()));
 }
 
 SqlTextEdit::~SqlTextEdit()
@@ -132,7 +135,6 @@ void SqlTextEdit::reloadSettings()
     setMarginsFont(marginsfont);
     setMarginLineNumbers(0, true);
     setMarginsBackgroundColor(Qt::lightGray);
-    connect(this, SIGNAL(linesChanged()), this, SLOT(updateLineNumberAreaWidth()));
     updateLineNumberAreaWidth();
 
     // Highlight current line