diff --git a/src/olympic/studio/applib/src/studioui.cpp b/src/olympic/studio/applib/src/studioui.cpp
index 5ce33023..b3716859 100644
--- a/src/olympic/studio/applib/src/studioui.cpp
+++ b/src/olympic/studio/applib/src/studioui.cpp
@@ -551,24 +551,36 @@ ox::Error StudioUI::handleMoveFile(ox::StringViewCR oldPath, ox::StringViewCR ne
 
 ox::Error StudioUI::handleDeleteDir(ox::StringViewCR path) noexcept {
 	auto const p = sfmt("{}/", path);
-	for (auto &e : m_editors) {
-		if (beginsWith(e->itemPath(), p)) {
-			oxLogError(closeFile(path));
-			m_closeActiveTab = true;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
+	std::ignore = m_editors.erase(
+		std::remove_if(
+			m_editors.begin(), m_editors.end(),
+			[&](ox::UPtr<BaseEditor> const &e) {
+				if (beginsWith(e->itemPath(), p)) {
+					oxLogError(closeFile(path));
+					if (e.get() != m_activeEditor) {
+						return true;
+					}
+					m_closeActiveTab = true;
+				}
+				return false;
+			}));
 	return m_projectExplorer.refreshProjectTreeModel();
 }
 
 ox::Error StudioUI::handleDeleteFile(ox::StringViewCR path) noexcept {
-	for (auto &e : m_editors) {
-		if (path == e->itemPath()) {
-			oxLogError(closeFile(path));
-			m_closeActiveTab = true;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
+	std::ignore = m_editors.erase(
+		std::remove_if(
+			m_editors.begin(), m_editors.end(),
+			[&](ox::UPtr<BaseEditor> const &e) {
+				if (path == e->itemPath()) {
+					oxLogError(closeFile(path));
+					if (e.get() != m_activeEditor) {
+						return true;
+					}
+					m_closeActiveTab = true;
+				}
+				return false;
+			}));
 	return m_projectExplorer.refreshProjectTreeModel();
 }
 
@@ -666,10 +678,10 @@ ox::Error StudioUI::openFileActiveTab(ox::StringViewCR path, bool const makeActi
 	}
 	OX_REQUIRE(ext, fileExt(path));
 	// create Editor
-	BaseEditor *editor = nullptr;
+	ox::UPtr<BaseEditor> editor;
 	auto const err = m_editorMakers.contains(ext) ?
-		m_editorMakers[ext](path).moveTo(editor) :
-		ox::makeCatch<ClawEditor>(m_sctx, path).moveTo(editor);
+		m_editorMakers[ext](path).to<ox::UPtr<BaseEditor>>().moveTo(editor) :
+		ox::make_unique_catch<ClawEditor>(m_sctx, path).moveTo(editor);
 	if (err) {
 		if constexpr(!ox::defines::Debug) {
 			oxErrf("Could not open Editor: {}\n", toStr(err));
@@ -679,11 +691,11 @@ ox::Error StudioUI::openFileActiveTab(ox::StringViewCR path, bool const makeActi
 		return err;
 	}
 	editor->closed.connect(this, &StudioUI::closeFile);
-	m_editors.emplace_back(editor);
+	auto const &e = m_editors.emplace_back(std::move(editor));
 	m_openFiles.emplace_back(path);
 	if (makeActiveTab) {
 		m_activeEditor = m_editors.back().value->get();
-		m_activeEditorUpdatePending = editor;
+		m_activeEditorUpdatePending = e.get();
 	}
 	// save to config
 	studio::editConfig<StudioConfig>(keelCtx(m_tctx), [&path](StudioConfig &config) {