diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a229aa..26af234 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ add_library(drmr_ui SHARED
 
 set_target_properties(drmr PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
 set_target_properties(drmr_ui PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
+set_target_properties(drmr_ui 
+  PROPERTIES
+  LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,-znodelete"
+)
 
 target_link_libraries(drmr ${LV2_LIBRARIES} ${SNDFILE_LIBRARIES} ${SAMPLERATE_LIBRARIES} ${EXPAT_LIBRARIES} m)
 target_link_libraries(drmr_ui ${LV2_LIBRARIES} ${GTK2_LIBRARIES} ${SNDFILE_LIBRARIES} ${SAMPLERATE_LIBRARIES} ${EXPAT_LIBRARIES} m)
diff --git a/nknob.c b/nknob.c
index 2240993..41c8ff1 100644
--- a/nknob.c
+++ b/nknob.c
@@ -96,14 +96,6 @@ GType
 n_knob_get_type (void) {
   static GType nknob_type;
   if (!nknob_type) {
-    // We need to make ourselves memory resident so our type won't get unloaded
-    // when the window is shown/hiddent
-    GModule *module_self = g_module_open (INSTALL_DIR"/drmr.lv2/drmr_ui.so", 0);
-    if (!module_self)
-      g_print ("error (segfault eminent): %s\n", g_module_error ());
-    else 
-      g_module_make_resident(module_self);
-
     static const GTypeInfo object_info = {
       sizeof (NKnobClass),
       (GBaseInitFunc) NULL,