diff --git a/plugins/builtin/include/content/views/view_pattern_editor.hpp b/plugins/builtin/include/content/views/view_pattern_editor.hpp
index dba427e25..8bb35133f 100644
--- a/plugins/builtin/include/content/views/view_pattern_editor.hpp
+++ b/plugins/builtin/include/content/views/view_pattern_editor.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace hex::plugin::builtin {
         void drawContent() override;
 
     private:
-        pl::PatternLanguage *m_parserRuntime;
+        std::unique_ptr<pl::PatternLanguage> m_parserRuntime;
 
         std::vector<std::fs::path> m_possiblePatternFiles;
         u32 m_selectedPatternFile = 0;
diff --git a/plugins/builtin/source/content/views/view_pattern_editor.cpp b/plugins/builtin/source/content/views/view_pattern_editor.cpp
index 919e5351e..8cf17b2d0 100644
--- a/plugins/builtin/source/content/views/view_pattern_editor.cpp
+++ b/plugins/builtin/source/content/views/view_pattern_editor.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace hex::plugin::builtin {
 
 
     ViewPatternEditor::ViewPatternEditor() : View("hex.builtin.view.pattern_editor.name") {
-        this->m_parserRuntime = new pl::PatternLanguage();
+        this->m_parserRuntime = ContentRegistry::PatternLanguage::createDefaultRuntime(nullptr);
 
         this->m_textEditor.SetLanguageDefinition(PatternLanguage());
         this->m_textEditor.SetShowWhitespaces(false);
@@ -273,8 +273,6 @@ namespace hex::plugin::builtin {
     }
 
     ViewPatternEditor::~ViewPatternEditor() {
-        delete this->m_parserRuntime;
-
         EventManager::unsubscribe<EventProjectFileStore>(this);
         EventManager::unsubscribe<EventProjectFileLoad>(this);
         EventManager::unsubscribe<RequestSetPatternLanguageCode>(this);