diff --git a/Userland/Applications/BrowserSettings/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/BrowserSettings/main.cpp
index 0ac3903415..40883bf106 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/BrowserSettings/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/BrowserSettings/main.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
 
     auto app_icon = GUI::Icon::default_icon("app-browser");
 
-    auto window = TRY(GUI::SettingsWindow::try_create("Browser Settings", GUI::SettingsWindow::ShowDefaultsButton::Yes));
+    auto window = TRY(GUI::SettingsWindow::create("Browser Settings", GUI::SettingsWindow::ShowDefaultsButton::Yes));
     window->set_icon(app_icon.bitmap_for_size(16));
     TRY(window->add_tab<BrowserSettingsWidget>("Browser"));
 
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/DisplaySettings/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/DisplaySettings/main.cpp
index 66ac660196..e643f10aae 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/DisplaySettings/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/DisplaySettings/main.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
 
     auto app_icon = GUI::Icon::default_icon("app-display-settings");
 
-    auto window = TRY(GUI::SettingsWindow::try_create("Display Settings"));
+    auto window = TRY(GUI::SettingsWindow::create("Display Settings"));
     TRY(window->add_tab<DisplaySettings::BackgroundSettingsWidget>("Background"));
     TRY(window->add_tab<DisplaySettings::FontSettingsWidget>("Fonts"));
     TRY(window->add_tab<DisplaySettings::MonitorSettingsWidget>("Monitor"));
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/KeyboardSettings/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/KeyboardSettings/main.cpp
index 037a61e592..386a8bc1b9 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/KeyboardSettings/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/KeyboardSettings/main.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
 
     auto app_icon = GUI::Icon::default_icon("app-keyboard-settings");
 
-    auto window = TRY(GUI::SettingsWindow::try_create("Keyboard Settings"));
+    auto window = TRY(GUI::SettingsWindow::create("Keyboard Settings"));
     window->set_icon(app_icon.bitmap_for_size(16));
     TRY(window->add_tab<KeyboardSettingsWidget>("Keyboard"));
 
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/MailSettings/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/MailSettings/main.cpp
index 8f4129642d..43279c54de 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/MailSettings/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/MailSettings/main.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
 
     auto app_icon = GUI::Icon::default_icon("app-mail");
 
-    auto window = GUI::SettingsWindow::construct("Mail Settings", GUI::SettingsWindow::ShowDefaultsButton::Yes);
+    auto window = TRY(GUI::SettingsWindow::create("Mail Settings", GUI::SettingsWindow::ShowDefaultsButton::Yes));
     TRY(window->add_tab<MailSettingsWidget>("Mail"));
     window->set_icon(app_icon.bitmap_for_size(16));
 
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/MouseSettings/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/MouseSettings/main.cpp
index e09aa91f70..afbb5b5e1d 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/MouseSettings/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/MouseSettings/main.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
 
     auto app_icon = GUI::Icon::default_icon("app-mouse");
 
-    auto window = TRY(GUI::SettingsWindow::try_create("Mouse Settings", GUI::SettingsWindow::ShowDefaultsButton::Yes));
+    auto window = TRY(GUI::SettingsWindow::create("Mouse Settings", GUI::SettingsWindow::ShowDefaultsButton::Yes));
     TRY(window->add_tab<MouseWidget>("Mouse"));
     TRY(window->add_tab<ThemeWidget>("Cursor Theme"));
     window->set_icon(app_icon.bitmap_for_size(16));
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/TerminalSettings/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/TerminalSettings/main.cpp
index 8b796ab104..520637a243 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/TerminalSettings/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/TerminalSettings/main.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
 
     auto app_icon = GUI::Icon::default_icon("app-terminal");
 
-    auto window = TRY(GUI::SettingsWindow::try_create("Terminal Settings"));
+    auto window = TRY(GUI::SettingsWindow::create("Terminal Settings"));
     window->set_icon(app_icon.bitmap_for_size(16));
     TRY(window->add_tab<TerminalSettingsMainWidget>("Terminal"));
     TRY(window->add_tab<TerminalSettingsViewWidget>("View"));
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/SettingsWindow.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/SettingsWindow.cpp
index 09563406c6..3beb028c61 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/SettingsWindow.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/SettingsWindow.cpp
@@ -15,60 +15,68 @@
 
 namespace GUI {
 
-SettingsWindow::SettingsWindow(StringView title, ShowDefaultsButton show_defaults_button)
+ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<SettingsWindow>> SettingsWindow::create(String title, ShowDefaultsButton show_defaults_button)
 {
-    set_title(title);
-    resize(400, 480);
-    set_resizable(false);
-    set_minimizable(false);
+    auto window = TRY(SettingsWindow::try_create());
 
-    auto& main_widget = set_main_widget<GUI::Widget>();
-    main_widget.set_fill_with_background_color(true);
-    main_widget.set_layout<GUI::VerticalBoxLayout>();
-    main_widget.layout()->set_margins(4);
-    main_widget.layout()->set_spacing(6);
+    window->set_title(move(title));
+    window->resize(400, 480);
+    window->set_resizable(false);
+    window->set_minimizable(false);
 
-    m_tab_widget = main_widget.add<GUI::TabWidget>();
+    auto main_widget = TRY(window->try_set_main_widget<GUI::Widget>());
+    main_widget->set_fill_with_background_color(true);
+    TRY(main_widget->try_set_layout<GUI::VerticalBoxLayout>());
+    main_widget->layout()->set_margins(4);
+    main_widget->layout()->set_spacing(6);
 
-    auto& button_container = main_widget.add<GUI::Widget>();
-    button_container.set_shrink_to_fit(true);
-    button_container.set_layout<GUI::HorizontalBoxLayout>();
-    button_container.layout()->set_spacing(6);
+    window->m_tab_widget = TRY(main_widget->try_add<GUI::TabWidget>());
+
+    auto button_container = TRY(main_widget->try_add<GUI::Widget>());
+    button_container->set_shrink_to_fit(true);
+    TRY(button_container->try_set_layout<GUI::HorizontalBoxLayout>());
+    button_container->layout()->set_spacing(6);
 
     if (show_defaults_button == ShowDefaultsButton::Yes) {
-        m_reset_button = button_container.add<GUI::Button>("Defaults");
-        m_reset_button->on_click = [&](auto) {
-            for (auto& tab : m_tabs) {
+        window->m_reset_button = TRY(button_container->try_add<GUI::Button>("Defaults"));
+        window->m_reset_button->on_click = [window = window->make_weak_ptr<SettingsWindow>()](auto) mutable {
+            for (auto& tab : window->m_tabs) {
                 tab.reset_default_values();
                 tab.apply_settings();
             }
         };
     }
 
-    button_container.layout()->add_spacer();
+    TRY(button_container->layout()->try_add_spacer());
 
-    m_ok_button = button_container.add<GUI::Button>("OK");
-    m_ok_button->set_fixed_width(75);
-    m_ok_button->on_click = [&](auto) {
-        for (auto& tab : m_tabs)
+    window->m_ok_button = TRY(button_container->try_add<GUI::Button>("OK"));
+    window->m_ok_button->set_fixed_width(75);
+    window->m_ok_button->on_click = [window = window->make_weak_ptr<SettingsWindow>()](auto) mutable {
+        for (auto& tab : window->m_tabs)
             tab.apply_settings();
         GUI::Application::the()->quit();
     };
 
-    m_cancel_button = button_container.add<GUI::Button>("Cancel");
-    m_cancel_button->set_fixed_width(75);
-    m_cancel_button->on_click = [&](auto) {
-        for (auto& tab : m_tabs)
+    window->m_cancel_button = TRY(button_container->try_add<GUI::Button>("Cancel"));
+    window->m_cancel_button->set_fixed_width(75);
+    window->m_cancel_button->on_click = [window = window->make_weak_ptr<SettingsWindow>()](auto) mutable {
+        for (auto& tab : window->m_tabs)
             tab.cancel_settings();
         GUI::Application::the()->quit();
     };
 
-    m_apply_button = button_container.add<GUI::Button>("Apply");
-    m_apply_button->set_fixed_width(75);
-    m_apply_button->on_click = [&](auto) {
-        for (auto& tab : m_tabs)
+    window->m_apply_button = TRY(button_container->try_add<GUI::Button>("Apply"));
+    window->m_apply_button->set_fixed_width(75);
+    window->m_apply_button->on_click = [window = window->make_weak_ptr<SettingsWindow>()](auto) mutable {
+        for (auto& tab : window->m_tabs)
             tab.apply_settings();
     };
+
+    return window;
+}
+
+SettingsWindow::SettingsWindow()
+{
 }
 
 SettingsWindow::~SettingsWindow()
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/SettingsWindow.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/SettingsWindow.h
index d942ff4c73..d7530b8df2 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/SettingsWindow.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/SettingsWindow.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ public:
         No,
     };
 
+    static ErrorOr<NonnullRefPtr<SettingsWindow>> create(String title, ShowDefaultsButton = ShowDefaultsButton::No);
+
     virtual ~SettingsWindow() override;
 
     template<class T, class... Args>
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ public:
     }
 
 private:
-    SettingsWindow(StringView title, ShowDefaultsButton = ShowDefaultsButton::No);
+    SettingsWindow();
 
     RefPtr<GUI::TabWidget> m_tab_widget;
     NonnullRefPtrVector<Tab> m_tabs;