diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 7d75abbc..6c8c80e4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Red Panda C++ Version 0.12.7
  - change: make current build system follow FHS specifications
+ - fix: crash when close settings dialog in Ubuntu 20.04 (but we'll leak memory now...)
 
 Red Panda C++ Version 0.12.6
  - fix: heartbeat for gdb server async command shouldn't disable actions
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/RedPandaIDE.pro b/RedPandaIDE/RedPandaIDE.pro
index 9870d5cf..c0f0f675 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/RedPandaIDE.pro
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/RedPandaIDE.pro
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ DEFINES += PREFIX=\\\"$${PREFIX}\\\"
 DEFINES += APP_NAME=\\\"$${APP_NAME}\\\"
 DEFINES += REDPANDA_CPP_VERSION=\\\"beta.0.12.6\\\"
 
+linux: {
+    LINUX_DISTRO = $$system(cat /etc/issue)
+    contains(LINUX_DISTRO, .*Ubuntu.*){
+        contains(LINUX_DISTRO, .*20\.04.*) {
+            message("Found Ubuntu 20.04")
+            DEFINES += SETTINGS_DIALOG_FIX
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 gcc {
     QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE += -Werror=return-type
     QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_DEBUG += -Werror=return-type
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/settingsdialog/settingsdialog.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/settingsdialog/settingsdialog.cpp
index b90941f2..3054924d 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/settingsdialog/settingsdialog.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/settingsdialog/settingsdialog.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ SettingsDialog::~SettingsDialog()
 {
     for (SettingsWidget* p:mSettingWidgets) {
         p->setParent(nullptr);
+        //dirty fix for ubuntu 20.04 LTS
+#ifdef SETTINGS_DIALOG_FIX
+        if (p->group()==tr("Editor") && p->name()==tr("Color"))
+            continue;
+        if (p->group()==tr("Editor") && p->name()==tr("Snippet"))
+            continue;
+#endif
         delete p;
     }
     delete ui;