diff --git a/CadQuery/Gui/Command.py b/CadQuery/Gui/Command.py
index d705961..906d33d 100644
--- a/CadQuery/Gui/Command.py
+++ b/CadQuery/Gui/Command.py
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ class CadQueryCloseScript:
 
         #Clear our script and whatever was rendered by it out
         cqCodePane.file.close()
-        cqCodePane.close()
 
 class CadQueryExecuteExample:
     exFile = None
diff --git a/CadQuery/InitGui.py b/CadQuery/InitGui.py
index a149eac..6e0ed31 100644
--- a/CadQuery/InitGui.py
+++ b/CadQuery/InitGui.py
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ class CadQueryWorkbench (Workbench):
         #Getting the main window will allow us to start setting things up the way we want
         mw = FreeCADGui.getMainWindow()
 
+        cqCodePane = mw.findChild(QtGui.QPlainTextEdit, "cqCodePane")
+        cqCodePane.close()
+
         dockWidgets = mw.findChildren(QtGui.QDockWidget)
 
         for widget in dockWidgets: