diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/gui-plugins/SkillManagerPlugin/SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/gui-plugins/SkillManagerPlugin/SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController.cpp
index 237498dcac4f964ee2de295f88b013a0907b5fb5..f32e98a2dff424dc5bf9dc63abf3ecdf6e20a19c 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/gui-plugins/SkillManagerPlugin/SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/gui-plugins/SkillManagerPlugin/SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace armarx
         {
             dialog = new SimpleConfigDialog(parent);
             dialog->addProxyFinder<skills::manager::dti::SkillManagerInterfacePrx>(
-                "SkillMemory", "", "SkillMan*");
+                "SkillMemory", "", "SkillMem*");
         }
         return qobject_cast<SimpleConfigDialog*>(dialog);
     }
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ namespace armarx
 // Others
 namespace armarx
 {
+    /*
     void
     SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController::prepareAndRunMenu(const QPoint& pos)
     {
@@ -149,11 +150,12 @@ namespace armarx
         }
         return nullptr;
     }
+*/
 
     SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController::SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController()
     {
 
-        widget.setupUi(new QWidget());
+        widget.setupUi(getWidget());
 
         // setup memory
         this->mem_wrapper = std::make_shared<skills::gui::SkillManagerWrapper>();
@@ -163,10 +165,10 @@ namespace armarx
             widget.groupBoxSkillExecutions->layout(),
 
             widget.groupBoxSkills,
-            widget.splitter_2,
+            widget.splitter,
 
             widget.groupBoxSkillDetails,
-            widget.splitter_2,
+            widget.splitter,
 
             widget.updateWidgetLayout,
 
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ namespace armarx
 
             this->mem_wrapper);
 
+
         /*
         this->updateWidget = new PeriodicUpdateWidget(2.0, 60);
         widget.updateWidgetLayout->insertWidget(0, updateWidget);
@@ -189,6 +192,7 @@ namespace armarx
         widget.skillDescription = skillDescriptionWidget;
 
 
+
         connect(this->stopAllButton,
                 &QPushButton::clicked,
                 this,
@@ -272,12 +276,13 @@ namespace armarx
         widget.treeWidgetSkillDetails->setEditTriggers(
             QAbstractItemView::EditTrigger::NoEditTriggers);
         widget.treeWidgetSkillDetails->setColumnHidden(3, true);
+*/
 
 
-        this->updateWidget->startTimerIfEnabled();
-        */
+        //this->updateWidget->startTimerIfEnabled();
+
         getProxy(this->memory, observerName, 1000);
-        this->mem_wrapper->connect(memory);
+        //this->mem_wrapper->connect(memory);
         connected = true;
     }
 
@@ -289,15 +294,18 @@ namespace armarx
         this->mem_wrapper->disconnect();
 
         // reset all
+        /*
         skills.clear();
         widget.treeWidgetSkills->clear();
         widget.treeWidgetSkillDetails->clear();
         skillsArgumentsTreeWidgetItem = nullptr;
         selectedSkill.skillId.providerId->providerName = "";
         selectedSkill.skillId.skillName = "";
-        this->updateWidget->stopTimer();
+        //this->updateWidget->stopTimer();
+*/
     }
 
+    /*
     void
     SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController::searchSkills()
     {
@@ -315,7 +323,7 @@ namespace armarx
     SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController::matchSkillUpdateToSearch(
         std::map<skills::manager::dto::SkillID, skills::manager::dto::SkillDescription>& update)
     {
-        /*
+
         if (this->currentSkillSearch.isEmpty())
         {
             return;
@@ -339,7 +347,7 @@ namespace armarx
                 ++it;
             }
         }
-*/
+
     }
 
     void
@@ -351,7 +359,7 @@ namespace armarx
             return;
         }
 
-        /* CHECK OWN SKILLS LIST */
+
         // remove non-existing ones
         try
         {
@@ -576,6 +584,7 @@ namespace armarx
         executeSelectedSkill();
     }
 
+
     void
     SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController::executeSkillWithParams(skills::SkillID skillId,
                                                                 aron::data::DictPtr params)
@@ -678,7 +687,6 @@ namespace armarx
     {
         std::scoped_lock l(updateMutex);
 
-        /*
         if (selectedSkill.skillExecutionId.skillId.fullySpecified())
         {
             ARMARX_INFO << "The user requested to stop a skill, which was not fully specified!";
@@ -690,7 +698,6 @@ namespace armarx
         {
             return;
         }
-*/
 
         ARMARX_INFO << "Stopping skill from GUI: " << selectedSkill.skillExecutionId.toString();
 
@@ -859,5 +866,6 @@ namespace armarx
     {
         // TODO
     }
+*/
 
 } // namespace armarx
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/gui-plugins/SkillManagerPlugin/SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController.h b/source/RobotAPI/gui-plugins/SkillManagerPlugin/SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController.h
index 68779cc37ab84805fd009fddb96a59c1b261d80c..d5d3d2e5560a9d7b884f77377515fcf089d5f657 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/gui-plugins/SkillManagerPlugin/SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/gui-plugins/SkillManagerPlugin/SkillManagerMonitorWidgetController.h
@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ namespace armarx
         void onDisconnectComponent();
 
     signals:
-        void disconnect();
+        //void disconnect();
 
     private slots:
+        /*
         void skillSelectionChanged(QTreeWidgetItem* current, QTreeWidgetItem* previous);
         void skillExecutionSelectionChanged(QTreeWidgetItem* current, QTreeWidgetItem* previous);
 
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ namespace armarx
         void rerunSkillWithSimilarParams();
 
         void searchSkills();
+*/
 
 
     private:
@@ -194,9 +196,11 @@ namespace armarx
 
         selectedSkill;
 
+        /*
         void executeSkillWithParams(skills::SkillID skillId, aron::data::DictPtr params);
         void matchSkillUpdateToSearch(std::map<skills::manager::dto::SkillID,
                                                skills::manager::dto::SkillDescription>& update);
+*/
 
         void connectGui();
 
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/SkillMemoryGui.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/SkillMemoryGui.cpp
index 822787125ef61abd59ff96a68017f2c58abbdd1e..b9f841f70cd378dbb09bf91a4c8beb131da55c56 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/SkillMemoryGui.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/SkillMemoryGui.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
         ARMARX_CHECK(_skillGroupBox);
         ARMARX_CHECK(_skillDetailGroupBox);
         ARMARX_CHECK(_updateWidgetLayout);
+        ARMARX_CHECK(skillDescription);
+        ARMARX_CHECK(skillDescriptionParentLayout);
+        ARMARX_CHECK(_memory);
 
         // setup memory
         this->memory = _memory;
@@ -38,25 +41,28 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
         this->updateWidget = new PeriodicUpdateWidget();
         this->updateWidgetLayout->insertWidget(0, updateWidget);
 
+
         // replace skillExecutionTreeWidget
         this->skillExecutionTreeWidget = new SkillExecutionTreeWidget(memory);
         armarx::gui::replaceWidget(_skillExecutionTreeWidget,
                                    this->skillExecutionTreeWidget,
-                                   _skillDetailGroupBoxParentLayout);
+                                   _skillExecutionTreeWidgetParentLayout);
 
         // replace skillGroupBox
         this->skillGroupBox = new SkillGroupBox(memory);
-        armarx::gui::replaceWidget(_skillGroupBox, this->skillGroupBox, _skillGroupBoxParentLayout);
 
         // replace skillDetailGroupBox
         this->skillDetailGroupBox = new SkillDetailGroupBox(memory);
-        armarx::gui::replaceWidget(
-            _skillDetailGroupBox, this->skillDetailGroupBox, _skillDetailGroupBoxParentLayout);
+
+        armarx::gui::clearSplitter(_skillGroupBoxParentLayout);
+        _skillGroupBoxParentLayout->insertWidget(0, this->skillDetailGroupBox);
+        _skillGroupBoxParentLayout->insertWidget(0, this->skillGroupBox);
 
         // aron
         skillDescriptionWidget = new SkillDescriptionWidget();
-        armarx::gui::replaceWidget(
-            skillDescription, this->skillDescriptionWidget, skillDescriptionParentLayout);
+        this->skillDetailGroupBox->addDescriptionWidget(skillDescriptionWidget);
+
+        setupUi();
     }
 
     void
@@ -65,13 +71,21 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
         ARMARX_ERROR << "Not implemented";
     }
 
+    void
+    SkillMemoryGUI::setupUi()
+    {
+        connectSignals();
+    }
+
     void
     SkillMemoryGUI::connectSignals()
     {
+        /*
         // connect update widget to memory update
         connect(this->updateWidget,
                 &PeriodicUpdateWidget::update,
                 this->memory.get(),
                 &SkillManagerWrapper::fetchUpdates);
+*/
     }
 } // namespace armarx::skills::gui
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/SkillMemoryGui.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/SkillMemoryGui.h
index 90d81b1cb15982fd7533fdb0a3450ab6ff6faa22..07ec971daaaa2eb94de2dff82f2cf434f1d1e5aa 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/SkillMemoryGui.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/SkillMemoryGui.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
         void resetGui();
 
     private:
+        void setupUi();
         void connectSignals();
 
         SkillExecutionTreeWidget* skillExecutionTreeWidget = nullptr;
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/executions/SkillExecutionTreeWidget.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/executions/SkillExecutionTreeWidget.cpp
index 78833d793214ec7a5c69089424d64530e777426d..53cf0c86805ab7fa3a38798fc22137b9c44a776d 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/executions/SkillExecutionTreeWidget.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/executions/SkillExecutionTreeWidget.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
         this->memory->startExecutionWithParams(currentExecutionId.skillId, params);
     }
 
+    void
+    SkillExecutionTreeWidget::setupUi()
+    {
+        this->setColumnCount(4);
+    }
+
     inline bool
     SkillExecutionTreeWidget::selectionValid()
     {
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/executions/SkillExecutionTreeWidget.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/executions/SkillExecutionTreeWidget.h
index 496b2e1838f07db5f9ed6f32ac7d161174601fbf..3d6fd7f2d772ee2eea3f7ff1658b3bd0563e560e 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/executions/SkillExecutionTreeWidget.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/executions/SkillExecutionTreeWidget.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
                                  QWidget* parent = nullptr) :
             QTreeWidget(parent), MemoryCommunicatorBase(_memory)
         {
+            setupUi();
         }
 
         struct SelectedExecution
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/gui_utils.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/gui_utils.cpp
index 337ebc87d7506f9b4688e3ae3eabed5f4c63d389..666228c764379671d6ca59d142fefc02446c42d6 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/gui_utils.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/gui_utils.cpp
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 #include <QLayout>
 #include <QLayoutItem>
 #include <QSplitter>
-#include <QWidget>
 #include <QTreeWidgetItem>
+#include <QWidget>
 
 #include <ArmarXCore/core/exceptions/local/ExpressionException.h>
 
-
-void armarx::gui::clearLayout(QLayout* layout)
+void
+armarx::gui::clearLayout(QLayout* layout)
 {
     // Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4857631
 
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ void armarx::gui::clearLayout(QLayout* layout)
     }
 }
 
-void armarx::gui::clearItem(QTreeWidgetItem* item)
+void
+armarx::gui::clearItem(QTreeWidgetItem* item)
 {
     while (item->childCount() > 0)
     {
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ void armarx::gui::clearItem(QTreeWidgetItem* item)
     }
 }
 
-
-QSplitter* armarx::gui::useSplitter(QLayout* layout)
+QSplitter*
+armarx::gui::useSplitter(QLayout* layout)
 {
     ARMARX_CHECK(layout);
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ QSplitter* armarx::gui::useSplitter(QLayout* layout)
     for (int i = 0; i < layout->count(); ++i)
     {
         ARMARX_CHECK_NOT_NULL(layout->itemAt(i)->widget())
-                << "QSplitter only supports widgets, but layout item #" << i << " is not a widget.";
+            << "QSplitter only supports widgets, but layout item #" << i << " is not a widget.";
     }
 
     QSplitter* splitter;
@@ -97,3 +98,12 @@ armarx::gui::LeadingZeroSpinBox::textFromValue(int value) const
 {
     return QString("%1").arg(value, numDigits, base, QChar('0'));
 }
+
+void
+armarx::gui::clearSplitter(QSplitter* splitter)
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < splitter->count(); ++i)
+    {
+        splitter->widget(i)->deleteLater();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/gui_utils.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/gui_utils.h
index ea985c405bf075cbad0ec7f81472f5539f6c1b99..80855718d50d1c479bd516638702998fed86698b 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/gui_utils.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/gui_utils.h
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 #include <QLayout>
 #include <QLayoutItem>
 #include <QSpinBox>
+#include <QSplitter>
+#include <QTreeWidgetItem>
 #include <QWidget>
 
-#include "qsplitter.h"
-
-class QLayout;
-class QSplitter;
-class QTreeWidgetItem;
+#include <ArmarXCore/core/exceptions/local/ExpressionException.h>
 
 namespace armarx::gui
 {
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ namespace armarx::gui
      */
     void clearLayout(QLayout* layout);
 
+    void clearSplitter(QSplitter* splitter);
+
     /**
      * @brief Clear a tree widget item
      *
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ namespace armarx::gui
     void
     replaceWidget(WidgetT*& old, QWidget* neu, QLayout* parentLayout)
     {
+        ARMARX_CHECK(old);
+        ARMARX_CHECK(neu);
+        ARMARX_CHECK(parentLayout);
         QLayoutItem* oldItem = parentLayout->replaceWidget(old, neu);
         if (oldItem)
         {
@@ -46,14 +51,19 @@ namespace armarx::gui
 
     template <class WidgetT>
     void
-    replaceWidget(WidgetT*& old, QWidget* neu, QSplitter* parentLayout)
+    replaceWidget(WidgetT*& old, QWidget* neu, QSplitter*& parentLayout)
     {
+        ARMARX_CHECK(old);
+        ARMARX_CHECK(neu);
+        ARMARX_CHECK(parentLayout);
         int index = parentLayout->indexOf(old);
+        ARMARX_CHECK(index >= 0) << "Could not find widget in splitter";
         QWidget* oldItem = parentLayout->replaceWidget(index, neu);
         if (oldItem)
         {
-            delete oldItem;
-            delete old;
+            // deleting the widget(s) directly will segfault for some reason
+            oldItem->deleteLater();
+            old->deleteLater();
             old = nullptr;
         }
     }
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/ProfileMenuWidget.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/ProfileMenuWidget.cpp
index 93c0398d84e436e8c16f352d599962f1c4b4f263..a440ef341294ec2a8fdcebbb8c4fd95ac08e4768 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/ProfileMenuWidget.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/ProfileMenuWidget.cpp
@@ -1 +1,23 @@
 #include "ProfileMenuWidget.h"
+
+namespace armarx::skills::gui
+{
+
+    void
+    ProfileMenuWidget::setupUi()
+    {
+        setArgsFromClipboard = new QPushButton();
+        copyArgsToClioboard = new QPushButton();
+        resetArgsToProfile = new QPushButton();
+        profileSelector = new QComboBox();
+
+        // Text
+        setArgsFromClipboard->setText(QString::fromStdString("Set args from clipboard"));
+        copyArgsToClioboard->setText(QString::fromStdString("Copy args to clipboard"));
+        resetArgsToProfile->setText(QString::fromStdString("Reset args to profile"));
+        profileSelector->setCurrentText(
+            QString::fromStdString("<No Profile selected. Using root>"));
+    }
+
+
+} // namespace armarx::skills::gui
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/ProfileMenuWidget.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/ProfileMenuWidget.h
index 57e56e6e583e21738114e226d7e5c4f356954c7f..bfd5ecc1748f79eb03932bada6b1e4e9b7865217 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/ProfileMenuWidget.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/ProfileMenuWidget.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
         ProfileMenuWidget(std::shared_ptr<SkillManagerWrapper> _memory, QWidget* parent = nullptr) :
             QWidget(parent), MemoryCommunicatorBase(_memory)
         {
+            setupUi();
         }
 
     private:
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsGroupBox.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsGroupBox.cpp
index c7490720618e166aca588c847029b77eae64f4f9..9ab21f2f86e9849ae986ce79491689afe5cc89dd 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsGroupBox.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsGroupBox.cpp
@@ -4,14 +4,20 @@
 
 namespace armarx::skills::gui
 {
+    void
+    SkillDetailGroupBox::addDescriptionWidget(SkillDescriptionWidget* widget)
+    {
+        this->layout->insertWidget(1, widget);
+    }
+
     void
     SkillDetailGroupBox::setupUi()
     {
         // construct all sub widgets
-        this->executeSkillButton = new QPushButton(this);
+        this->executeSkillButton = new QPushButton();
         this->profileMenuWidget = new ProfileMenuWidget(this->memory, this);
         this->skillDetailsTreeWidget = new SkillDetailsTreeWidget(this->memory, this);
-        QVBoxLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout();
+        layout = new QVBoxLayout();
 
         // Layouting
         this->setLayout(layout);
@@ -23,5 +29,6 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
         // Text
         this->executeSkillButton->setText(
             QString::fromStdString(SkillDetailGroupBox::EXECUTE_SKILL_BUTTON_TEXT));
+        this->show();
     }
 } // namespace armarx::skills::gui
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsGroupBox.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsGroupBox.h
index 4f6ecbcab7b1effe5d42ede45bb5951f04bb3a65..6dc1767bfda3cdf6ec73ee5c821060fb6fe8b0c7 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsGroupBox.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsGroupBox.h
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 #include <QGroupBox>
 #include <QPushButton>
+#include <QVBoxLayout>
+
+#include "RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/aron_tree_widget/widgets/SkillDescriptionWidget.h"
 
 #include "../memory/MemoryCommunicatorBase.h"
 #include "ProfileMenuWidget.h"
@@ -19,10 +22,14 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
                             QWidget* parent = nullptr) :
             QGroupBox(parent), MemoryCommunicatorBase(_memory)
         {
+            setupUi();
         }
 
+        void addDescriptionWidget(SkillDescriptionWidget* widget);
+
     private:
         void setupUi();
+        QVBoxLayout* layout = nullptr;
         QPushButton* executeSkillButton = nullptr;
         SkillDetailsTreeWidget* skillDetailsTreeWidget = nullptr;
         ProfileMenuWidget* profileMenuWidget = nullptr;
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsTreeWidget.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsTreeWidget.cpp
index f2166afe6e6a568fdbfb1f8f28f221d39964bc80..7ec70a4636f1bdcb765a59c972fb9a1eb8153b98 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsTreeWidget.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsTreeWidget.cpp
@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
 #include "SkillDetailsTreeWidget.h"
 
+namespace armarx::skills::gui
+{
+
+    void
+    SkillDetailsTreeWidget::setupUi()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+} // namespace armarx::skills::gui
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsTreeWidget.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsTreeWidget.h
index 013d6cbe2f055805e50fe914c0e91e4099d4facf..28436984c3730c0e52966eafd55a747c52c8c28a 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsTreeWidget.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skill_details/SkillDetailsTreeWidget.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
                                QWidget* parent = nullptr) :
             QTreeWidget(parent), MemoryCommunicatorBase(_memory)
         {
+            setupUi();
         }
 
     private:
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skills/SkillGroupBox.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skills/SkillGroupBox.cpp
index 97a2015477d155199ab26dadf880ac932db5ba62..c53d3ed28f14da26b35963673a4d89aa8126f124 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skills/SkillGroupBox.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skills/SkillGroupBox.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
     SkillGroupBox::setupUi()
     {
         // construct widgets
-        this->searchBar = new QLineEdit(this);
-        this->acceptSearchButton = new QPushButton(this);
+        this->searchBar = new QLineEdit();
+        this->acceptSearchButton = new QPushButton();
         this->skillTreeWidget = new SkillTreeWidget(memory, this);
 
         // layouting
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
     void
     SkillGroupBox::connectSignals()
     {
+        /*
         connect(
             this->acceptSearchButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &SkillGroupBox::handleSearch);
         connect(this->searchBar, &QLineEdit::editingFinished, this, &SkillGroupBox::handleSearch);
@@ -47,5 +48,6 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
                 &SkillGroupBox::searchRequest,
                 this->memory.get(),
                 &SkillManagerWrapper::acceptSearchRequest);
+*/
     }
 } // namespace armarx::skills::gui
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skills/SkillGroupBox.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skills/SkillGroupBox.h
index 60bd45e3b48c7a9bb8af386f1d7149fcd3d77372..3fd83e8833775db41b77845cadce0d0fc673075a 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skills/SkillGroupBox.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/skills_gui/skills/SkillGroupBox.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace armarx::skills::gui
     private:
         void setupUi();
         void connectSignals();
-        QLineEdit* searchBar;
+        QLineEdit* searchBar = nullptr;
         QPushButton* acceptSearchButton = nullptr;
         SkillTreeWidget* skillTreeWidget = nullptr;
     };