--- a/include/gui/window.h	Mon Nov 06 13:48:11 2023 -0500
+++ b/include/gui/window.h	Tue Nov 07 08:03:42 2023 -0500
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 #define __window_h
 #include "core/config.h"
 #include <QMainWindow>
+#include <memory>
 
-class QWidget;
-class QStackedWidget;
-class QCloseEvent;
-class SideBar;
+/* *could* be forward-declared, but this causes
+   any file that #includes this to have to #include
+   these as well due to unique_ptr */
+#include <QWidget>
+#include <QStackedWidget>
+#include <QCloseEvent>
+#include "gui/widgets/sidebar.h"
 
 class MainWindow final : public QMainWindow {
 		Q_OBJECT
@@ -23,9 +27,9 @@
 		void closeEvent(QCloseEvent* event) override;
 
 	private:
-		QWidget* main_widget = nullptr;
-		QStackedWidget* stack = nullptr;
-		SideBar* sidebar = nullptr;
+		std::unique_ptr<QWidget> main_widget = nullptr;
+		std::unique_ptr<QStackedWidget> stack = nullptr;
+		std::unique_ptr<SideBar> sidebar = nullptr;
 };
 
 #endif // __window_h