diff --git a/radio/src/gui/colorlcd/widget.cpp b/radio/src/gui/colorlcd/widget.cpp
index b6e3afb9c..350762fd8 100644
--- a/radio/src/gui/colorlcd/widget.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/gui/colorlcd/widget.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ void registerWidget(const WidgetFactory * factory)
   getRegisteredWidgets().push_back(factory);
 }
 
+void unregisterWidget(const WidgetFactory * factory)
+{
+  TRACE("unregister widget %s", factory->getName());
+  getRegisteredWidgets().remove(factory);
+}
+
 const WidgetFactory * getWidgetFactory(const char * name)
 {
   auto it = getRegisteredWidgets().cbegin();
diff --git a/radio/src/gui/colorlcd/widget.h b/radio/src/gui/colorlcd/widget.h
index 1656af236..7906e1a61 100644
--- a/radio/src/gui/colorlcd/widget.h
+++ b/radio/src/gui/colorlcd/widget.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class Widget : public Button
 };
 
 void registerWidget(const WidgetFactory * factory);
+void unregisterWidget(const WidgetFactory * factory);
 
 class WidgetFactory
 {
@@ -125,6 +126,8 @@ class WidgetFactory
       registerWidget(this);
     }
 
+    virtual ~WidgetFactory() {}
+
     inline const char * getName() const
     {
         return name;
diff --git a/radio/src/lua/lua_api.h b/radio/src/lua/lua_api.h
index 2860e470c..36f658d1a 100644
--- a/radio/src/lua/lua_api.h
+++ b/radio/src/lua/lua_api.h
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ void registerBitmapClass(lua_State * L);
 void luaSetInstructionsLimit(lua_State* L, int count);
 int luaLoadScriptFileToState(lua_State * L, const char * filename, const char * mode);
 
+// Unregister LUA widget factories
+void luaUnregisterWidgets();
+
 #if LCD_W > 350
   #define RADIO_TOOL_NAME_MAXLEN  40
 #else
diff --git a/radio/src/lua/widgets.cpp b/radio/src/lua/widgets.cpp
index 1ffe6d182..b1d0bc489 100644
--- a/radio/src/lua/widgets.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/lua/widgets.cpp
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ class LuaWidgetFactory: public WidgetFactory
     {
     }
 
+    ~LuaWidgetFactory()
+    {
+      unregisterWidget(this);
+    }
+
     Widget * create(FormGroup * parent, const rect_t & rect, Widget::PersistentData * persistentData, bool init=true) const override
     {
       if (lsWidgets == 0) return 0;
@@ -507,3 +512,13 @@ void luaInitThemesAndWidgets()
     luaDoGc(lsWidgets, true);
   }
 }
+
+void luaUnregisterWidgets()
+{
+  std::list<const WidgetFactory *> regWidgets(getRegisteredWidgets());
+  for (auto w : regWidgets) {
+    if (dynamic_cast<const LuaWidgetFactory*>(w)) {
+      delete w;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/radio/src/opentx.cpp b/radio/src/opentx.cpp
index 79ded3d83..923ebb6a0 100644
--- a/radio/src/opentx.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/opentx.cpp
@@ -1518,7 +1518,10 @@ void opentxClose(uint8_t shutdown)
 
   //TODO: In fact we want only to empty the trash (private method)
   MainWindow::instance()->run();
+
+  luaUnregisterWidgets();
   luaClose(&lsWidgets);
+  lsWidgets = 0;
 #endif
 
 #if defined(SDCARD)
@@ -1532,6 +1535,11 @@ void opentxResume()
   TRACE("opentxResume");
 
   sdMount();
+#if defined(COLORLCD)
+  // reload widgets
+  luaInitThemesAndWidgets();
+#endif
+
   storageReadAll();
 
 #if defined(COLORLCD)