diff --git a/libultraship/libultraship/Lib/Fast3D/gfx_sdl2.cpp b/libultraship/libultraship/Lib/Fast3D/gfx_sdl2.cpp
index 94c3ef5ca..061e3a8ee 100644
--- a/libultraship/libultraship/Lib/Fast3D/gfx_sdl2.cpp
+++ b/libultraship/libultraship/Lib/Fast3D/gfx_sdl2.cpp
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ static void gfx_sdl_handle_events(void) {
                 }
                 break;
             case SDL_QUIT:
+                SDL_Quit(); // bandaid fix for linux window closing issue
                 exit(0);
         }
     }