diff --git a/platform/qt/qsacnnode.cpp b/platform/qt/qsacnnode.cpp
index fd78f03..659cd27 100644
--- a/platform/qt/qsacnnode.cpp
+++ b/platform/qt/qsacnnode.cpp
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ void QSacnNode::udpReceive()
           return;
 
         // wrap a PDU io stream around the QNetworkDatagram data buffer
-        ACN::PDU::Stream stream(new ACN::PDU::pdu_stream(
+        auto stream = std::make_shared<ACN::PDU::pdu_stream>(
                                    (uint8_t*)datagram.data().constData(),
-                                   datagram.data().length()));
+          datagram.data().length());
         UdpPayloadReceiver(stream);
     }
 }